Date: 07/31/2015 09:49 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities in Portland used boats, personal watercraft, poles and their bare hands to remove protesters in kayaks and hanging from bridges who had tried to block a Shell icebreaker bound for an Arctic drilling operation. The Fennica left dry dock yesterday and made its way down the Willamette River toward the Pacific Ocean soon after authorities forced the demonstrators from the river and the St. Johns Bridge.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – A 20-year-old woman is accused of raping and sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy last year. Clatsop County prosecutors say that since the victim was under 16, the difference in age was more than three years so the charges rose to the level of felony rape. The Daily Astorian reports that Alejandra Espinoza has pleaded not guilty.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal officials say a University of Oregon graduate student falsified data in four published paper on brain science. KOPB-FM reports that the officials say they found false information in papers published from 2011 to 2013 in four major periodicals, including the Journal of Neuroscience. A University of Oregon spokesman says the student is not enrolled this summer and that the supervisor has left the university.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – An 18-year-old woman has been hospitalized after a drive-by shooting in Medford sprayed bullets into two homes. The Medford Mail Tribune reports police say the woman was standing with a group of people in a parking lot when she was struck in the leg. She was treated for minor injuries and released. Officials say the woman was likely not the target. They suspect instead it was targeting known gang affiliates.
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