TODAY IN TOP STORIES: A Banks man named Dennis Bartha and his wife recently ventured to the Pearl District and saw "groups of beggars with their begging cans." Now they have resolved never to come back. Great job, you guys. We just lost the Barthas.
It's trial time at last for Ammon and Ryan Bundy and their crew. Opening statements are slated to begin this morning on conspiracy and weapons charges against seven former occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. "What a jury must decide is whether their actions and intent amounted to a crime."
Billionaire former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is dipping his gilded, weird toe into Oregon politics (again). He just gave Gov. Kate Brown a quarter million dollars for her election bid.
Shocker: Brown appears to be winning.
The EPA has resolved to take a closer look at Portland's drinking water, which is corrosive and so can leach lead and copper out of aged plumbing. The city has long said people can eliminate their risks with several simple steps, but is currently studying treating the city's water supply.
The Trib has a good rundown of the looming November showdown between City Commissioner Steve Novick and Reading Frenzy owner Chloe Eudaly.
Help catch the RAV4 driver who ran down a 65-year-old man on August 30 and drove off.
A Washington County deputy was captured on video giving very assured viewpoints on women's role as "scum" in the Middle East as he arrested a 14-year-old girl for assault. The Washington County Sheriff's Office seems more upset that there was video taken in the first place, and is working up charges on the man who videotaped the exchange in his apartment building's hallway. Smart.
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Get in line now: The Boss is coming to Powell's.
Everyone's favorite sketch comedy show just won an Emmy. Beam proudly today, Portland.
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So now that she almost fainted in public on Sunday, Hillary Clinton says she is going to reveal more detailed health records. Donald Trump is promising same, saying he just had a physical exam.
Surprising: After Clinton's "basket of deplorables" comments from last week, Trump found supporters who do not believe they are deplorables and want to tell you about it while other Trump supporters are assaulting protestors.
There aren't many sure-fire ways to figure out how prevalent same-sex marriage has been since it became legal nationwide. One sort-of-convenient way? Tracking joint income tax filings, which a group of researchers recently did. The NYThas this map (and, yup, Portland's in the top 20 for rates of both same-sex male and same-sex female marriages).
