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Cooking with Fresh Cranberries: Tips to Take Them Through the Holidays and Beyond Fresh cranberries add sweet-tart notes to a range of sweet and savory dishes. Here’s how to cook with them, how to store them, and recipes to try!

www.forksoverknives.com/how-tos/cook...

Omni Hotels Says Foie Gras Is Off the Menu for Good Omni Hotels & Resorts confirms permanent end to foie gras after year-long activism by The Duck Alliance.

vegnews.com/omni-hotels-...

100-year-old Portlander gets federal pension benefits back after proving she’s alive Federal officials cut off the benefits last month.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Police records and witness accounts complicate DHS narrative of fatal Chicago-area ICE shooting Police records and witness accounts from a Chicago suburb where a man was fatally shot by a federal immigration enforcement agent earlier this month complicate the picture of the event presented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said the agent fired his weapon after the man drove his vehicle toward agents.

www.reuters.com/world/us/pol...

Oregon leaders say Trump did not consult them before announcing deployment of troops to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle Federal show of force appears confined to Portland ICE facility so far. Governor is consulting with state attorney general and fellow Democratic governors on response.

Oregon leaders say Trump did not consult them before announcing deployment of troops to Portland. Gov. Kotek said she told Trump: "Oregon is our home. It is not a military target. Any deployment would be an abuse of power and a misuse of federal troops.” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/27/o...

Climate.gov went dark after cuts from the Trump administration. Now, a group of former employees are trying to revive it under a new domain.
www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Update: On Aug. 18, shortly after this article published, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed the 37th lawsuit against the Trump administration.

One in five children in Gaza is malnourished, UN aid agency says The UN agency for Palestinians says it has thousands of truckloads of supplies near Gaza which it wants to deliver.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oregon's Bynum, Merkley and Florida Republicans target microplastics with new bill • Oregon Capital Chronicle U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum and Sen. Jeff Merkley, both Oregon Democrats introduced the Microplastics Safety Act.

Microplastics and your brain oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/17/o...

Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fo...

Kerr County commissioners considered several years ago a proposal for a flood warning system similar to sirens used for tornadoes in other parts of the country ... After missing out on a FEMA grant, the idea was shelved because of the cost.

apnews.com/article/texa...

Trump says he'll stop health care fraudsters. Last time, he let them walk. In his first term, President Trump granted pardons or clemency to more than 60 convicted fraudsters, including some involved in health care schemes with astonishing costs.

Re-reading this article from April. "Trump's history of showing leniency to convicted fraudsters contrasts with his present-day crackdown." www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...

Maps show the cities about to experience extreme humidity and heat Humidity will soon surge to extreme levels across 40 states. Find out where there will be excessive heat and humidity — and how humidity patterns are changing.

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Who should America deport, and where do Americans stand on ICE? New poll shows divisions A new poll taken amid protests over immigration raids shows were Americans stand on deportations and how well ICE agents should be identified.

www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

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Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse. A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.

Florida’s biggest sources of water pollution — agriculture and development — aren’t held to strict limits on the nitrogen and phosphorus that flow off sprawling farms and city streets.

What went wrong the night Altadena burned A Washington Post analysis shows that some officials knew of the fire’s westward spread hours before evacuation orders were sent to residents in western Altadena.

Seventeen people died, all west of Lake Avenue. The Post’s mapping shows that fires came within 700 feet of 11 victims before any evacuation orders were sent. wapo.st/3FtAsbU

Elderly, alone and unable to escape the L.A. fires Most of the victims of the Los Angeles fires were elderly. Their deaths offer a warning to the entire country about the threat climate disasters pose to society’s oldest and most vulnerable members.

They were parents and grandparents. Many had lived in their homes for decades. Their average age was 75. wapo.st/4jTlv2S

Altadena had soul, solitude and community. Can those qualities survive devastating firestorm? The Eaton fire cut a brutal swath through Altadena and a cherished way of life in this eclectic foothill community it upended.

Old Altadena is gone and residents are left wondering: Can the remade town retain its soul? www.latimes.com/california/s...

Good thing your vehicle is charged up.

Today's rabbit hole: CliftonStrengths & ChatGPT.

Front view of the Oregon Supreme Court building on Nov. 18/2024

I had to capture the blue sky when it appeared!