Andrew Selsky

March 22, 2023 at 6:12 am

Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from...

FILE – Psilocybin facilitator students sit with eye masks on while listening to music during an experiential activity at a training session run by InnerTrek near Damascus, Ore., on Dec. 2, 2022. The first students graduate on Friday, March 10, 2023, marking a major step in Oregon’s pioneering role in establishing legal psilocybin therapeutic sessions. The students were trained in how to accompany patients tripping on psilocybin. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky,File) LA502 LA502

March 10, 2023 at 2:57 pm

Oregon closer to magic mushroom therapy, but has setback

The first people trained to accompany patients on legal psilocybin trips are graduating, but the bankruptcy of another trainer leaves hundreds in limbo.

Nation & World

A collection of bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbons are seen on the top shelf right, among other fine whiskies at the “Far Bar,” located in the historic Far East Building in the heart of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons, and a growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay an astonishing amount of money for these increasingly scarce premium spirits — and even bend or break laws. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) CADD301 CADD301

March 8, 2023 at 2:47 pm

As bourbon booms, thirst for rare brands breeds skullduggery VIEW

A growing cult of aficionados is willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to get their hands on scarce American spirits.

Business

FILE – Law enforcement officers and protesters clash outside the Oregon State Capitol during a special session of the state legislature in Salem, Ore., on Dec. 21, 2020. Over the past decade, Oregon experienced the sixth-highest number of extremist incidents in the nation, despite being 27th in population, according to an Oregon Secretary of State report. Now, the state Legislature is considering a bill that, experts say, would create the nation’s most comprehensive law against paramilitary activity. (Brian Hayes/Statesman-Journal via AP, File) ORSAL501 ORSAL501

February 17, 2023 at 2:21 am

Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries VIEW

Oregon's Legislature is considering a bill that experts say would create the nation’s most comprehensive law against paramilitary activity.

February 13, 2023 at 11:33 am

Oregon liquor agency head resigns amid bourbon scandal

The agency executive has announced his exit amid a criminal investigation into allegations that he and others diverted rare bourbons for personal use.

Business

FILE – Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum poses for a photo at her office in Portland, Ore., on July 13, 2016. Rosenblum announced Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, that the Criminal Division of her agency, the Oregon Department of Justice, is opening a criminal investigation into the matter involving ethics violations related to the purchase of liquor by some staff of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and possibly others. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File) FX506 FX506

February 10, 2023 at 5:32 pm

Love of rare liquor lands Oregon officials in criminal probe

The Oregon Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into allegations that senior officials in the state’s alcohol regulatory agency violated ethics laws by...

February 8, 2023 at 1:35 pm

Heads may roll in Oregon agency due to love for rare bourbon

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has asked the board of commissioners of the state’s marijuana and alcohol regulating authority to remove its executive director and other...