Date: 05/08/2015 09:22 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/264
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Nike is pledging to create 10,000 jobs over 10 years in the U.S. if Congress gives President Barack Obama trade negotiating authority that ultimately leads to a 12-country Trans-Pacific free commerce agreement. Nike is announcing the commitment today as Obama visits Nike headquarters in Beaverton to pitch his trade agenda.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A 24-year-old man has been arrested for getting too rough at a martial arts gym in Eugene. The Register-Guard in Eugene reports that Justin Antolin is accused of punching a teenage girl in the nose on April 20 at the Peaceful Fighter gym. Police say the two had been paired up for an exercise in which physical contact was only permitted with foam rolls.
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A man is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 1998 killing in Douglas County after his death sentence was overturned. The News-Review of Roseburg reports that Jesse Fanus had been convicted of aggravated murder in 1999 but his death sentence was overturned by a Marion County post-conviction relief court in 2012. Fanus broke into the home of Marion and Edna Carl in 1998 and shot 92-year-old Marion Carl to death.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon could become the third state to ban so-called gay conversion therapy after the Senate cleared a bill outlawing the practice. The measure makes it illegal for social workers or licensed mental health professionals to practice therapy treatments that aim to change the sexual orientation of children younger than 18.
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