DA Mike Schmidt announces indictment of Jesse Calhoun Portland, Ore. – Jesse Lee Calhoun, 39, has been formally charged with the murders of three women who were found deceased under suspicious circumstances in the past year. A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Calhoun on three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of abuse of a corpse, according to an announcement made by prosecutors on Friday. The victims have been identified as Charity Lynn Perry, 24, Bridget Leanne Webster, 31, and JoAnna Speaks, 32. Initial reports by media outlets, had identified Calhoun as a person of intere ..read more

F/A 18 @ Lt. Caleb Smith   The 2024 Oregon International Air Show will take place from Friday to Sunday at the Hillsboro Municipal Airport. This year’s event will feature the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper and the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Rhino demonstration teams. On Friday night, attendees can look forward to an exciting lineup, including a new drone show and flyovers with sparks and fireworks. Lt. Caleb Smith with the U.S. Navy Rhino Demo Team, says the F/A-18 has a strong presence in Hollywood films, such as Top Gun: Maverick. F/A -18 in flightU.S. Navy Rhino Demo Team Capt. Taylor Hiester, the F ..read more

Photo: MGN SALEM, Ore. —Salem Keizer School District teachers and staff will learn today whether their jobs are the ones lost to budget cuts.   They’ll also learn if their union’s pushback has had any impact. Teachers are coming into empty classrooms this morning. The district has made this a day off for students to give staff time to process about 200 layoffs. They’ll learn by email whether they’re among those cut. Tyler Skella Lakeburg, the president for the Salem Keizer Education Association, criticized the plan, saying it focused too much on teachers, too little on administration ..read more

Credit: MGN (Associated Press) – McDonald’s is planning to introduce a $5 meal deal in the U.S. next month to counter slowing sales and customers’ frustration with high prices. The deal would let customers get a four-piece McNugget, small fries, a small drink and either a McDouble burger or a McChicken sandwich for $5 in most areas, according to a person familiar with the deal. The month-long deal is scheduled to begin June 25 and will be advertised nationally. Some stores with higher costs, like those in California or Hawaii, may charge more. But the Chicago burger giant said last month that ..read more

Credit: MGN BANGKOK (AP) — Brazil will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup after a vote of FIFA’s full membership chose the South American bid over a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. The FIFA Congress on Friday selected from a reduced field of two candidates to host the 2027 tournament after a joint bid by the United States and Mexico was pulled late last month and South Africa withdrew its candidacy in November. It was the first time that all 211 of FIFA’s members associations had the opportunity to weigh in on the host of the women’s tournament. Previously, it was decided by ..read more

Credit: MGN (Associated Press) – EA Sports has revealed an image of the College Football 25 cover that features Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter. The video-game developer said the game will be released on July 19. EA Sports unveiled the standard cover Thursday after a photo of its deluxe edition was leaked last week. All three cover athletes are active players. They said name, image and likeness money played no role in their decision to accept the cover offer. EA Sports College Football 25 will be EA’s first college ..read more

Photo: MGN WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer groups are praising the Supreme Court’s rejection of a conservative-led attack that could’ve undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled Thursday the way the bureau is funded does not violate the Constitution. Payday lenders had objected to a bureau rule limiting their ability to withdraw funds directly from borrowers’ bank accounts. A bureau spokesman says the court “repudiated the arguments of the payday loan lobby” and made clear the bureau is here to stay. The bureau was the brainchild of Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of ..read more

Photo: MGN WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland says releasing audio of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents could jeopardize future sensitive and high-profile investigations. The White House has blocked the release of the audio, arguing Republicans in Congress only want the recordings “to chop them up” and use them for political purposes as the Democratic president seeks reelection. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday accused Biden of suppressing the tape because he’s afraid to have voters hear it during a ..read more

Photo: MGN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final, overnight construction sets up a complicated delivery process more than two months after U.S. President Joe Biden ordered it to help Palestinians facing starvation as food and other supplies fail to make it in as Israel recently seized the key Rafah border crossing in its push on that southern city on the Egyptian ..read more

Credit: MGN WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and put safeguards around it. The group writes in a report released Wednesday the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” of the quickly developing technology. The senators say they sometimes disagreed on the best paths forward but they eventually found consensus on policy recommendations included in the 33-page report because they felt the stakes were ..read more