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Hundreds of Students, Staff Held Hostage as Gunmen Storm Iraqi University

The incident is now over and the hostages have been released, and the gunmen have run-off.

(RAMADI, Iraq) - After fighting their way past the guards, the militants managed to break into Anbar University in the provincial capital Ramadi overnight and planted bombs behind them to prevent security forces from advancing.

Security forces surrounded the university and exchanged fire with militants patrolling the rooftops with sniper rifles. Sources in Ramadi hospital said they had received the bodies of two people, one of them a student and the other a policeman.

Comedian Tracy Morgan in Critical Condition Following Bus Crash

One person is dead, and three others are also in critical condition.

(NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) - Comedian and actor Tracy Morgan is in critical condition this morning, following a limo bus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike.

State police say the bus overturned at around 1:00 a.m. EST north of Exit 7A, just north of the city of Trenton.

On D-Day; Thousands Turn Out for New Oregon WWII Memoral

3,771 names line the stones walls of the memorial.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe, nearly 2,000 Oregon veterans and their families gathered at Willson Park in Salem for the dedication of the Oregon WWII Memorial.

According to the Historical Outreach Foundation, of the 152,000 Oregonians who served during WWII, an estimated 20,000 are still alive today and 3,772 are recorded as having paid the ultimate sacrifice during the war.

The two black granite walls bear the names of the more than 3,770 Oregonians who gave their lives while serving in combat.

Willamette Humane Society Names New Executive Director

The Willamette Humane Society serves over 6,000 dogs and cats each year.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Willamette Humane Society is delighted to announce to our community that BJ Andersen has accepted the position of executive director.

Oregon Senator Releases Congressional Report on Need for E-Cigarette Regulation

In Oregon, there are no restrictions on children purchasing e-cigarettes.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley was joined Friday by students and experts on tobacco use prevention to release a Congressional report on the marketing tactics by tobacco companies to hook young people on nicotine.

McMinnville Teen Arrested on Multiple Sex Crime Charges

Police fear there could be more victims.

(McMINNVILLE, Ore. ) - In early May of 2014, McMinnville Officers received a report about a teenage juvenile female that had been sexually assaulted by Fernando Serratos about a year ago.

These assaults have occurred from three years ago to within the last few weeks. They have also occurred in a variety of locations around the city of McMinnville.

Marijuana Committees and the Mexican Mafia: Are they Partners?

The marijuana business is bringing billions of dollars to the Mexican marijuana mafia.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - It is astonishing the way efforts toward legalizing marijuana use have gone since about the 1970’s when Vietnam War Veterans brought it back home with them.

Years before that, it was Caribbean islanders and African-American musicians who carefully transmitted marijuana from New Orleans to Memphis, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City and essentially all along the East Coast.

The Appalling Apartheid State of the Rohingyas Must End

"A document as far back as 1799 refers to the Rohingya population here, and an 1826 report estimates that 30 percent of the population of this region was Muslim." -Nicholas Kristof

(PHILADELPHIA) - Nicholas Kristof is a very well-known news reporter and columnist for the New York Times where over the years he has posted many articles that are based on his firsthand account of the subject matter.

Congress Overlooked?

The U.S. Congress’s Oath of Office conflicts with the veteran’s betrayal by the DOD.

(SALEM, Ore.) - As of 2014, the U.S. Congress has yet to make a "Rule" preventing the "Degrading" rape of and injurious, non-consensual experiments on U.S. Military Personnel, i.e., by a Law of the Land NOT by a Dept. of Defense (DOD) disobeyed Sec. of Defense Rule.

"To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces" is the U.S. Congress’s responsibility under the U.S. Constitution, Art. I, Sect. 8, Clause 14 and under the Bill of Rights, Amendment VIII.

Police Chase Ends With One of Salem`s Most Wanted Behind Bars

Two female passengers, age 30 and 24, were not lodged in jail.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Oregon State Police, with the assistance of Salem Police Department and Marion County Sheriff's Office, arrested a 33-year old man Thursday night who was listed as one of SPD's most wanted following an attempt to elude.

At approximately 11:37 p.m. Thursday night, an OSP trooper witnessed traffic violations by the driver of a Chrysler 3000 displaying Oregon license plates and attempted to stop the vehicle southbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 262.