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New Zealand Mass Shooter Will Have Justice but Not Infamy: 'We Will Give Him Nothing. Not Even His Name.' “He sought many things from his act of terror but one was notoriety,” Ardern said. “If you blast the names and faces of shooters on news stations and constantly repeat their names, there may be an inadvertent process of creating a blueprint.”

A Northeast Portland homeowner was arrested Wednesday after police say she confronted a driver about where he was parked, claimed he was trespassing on her property and fired a gun while they were arguing. Susan A. Dowiasz, 71, is accused of unlawful use of a weapon, reckless endangering, unlawful discharge of a firearm in the city and menacing. No one was injured in the shooting. The male driver drove away after the gunfire and called police. The confrontation occurred around 4:55 p.m. in the 1400 block of Northeast 82nd Avenue. Police have not said where the pistol was aimed when...

Polls show a narrow plurality of Americans oppose the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Democrats hope that opposition helps them win back majorities in one or both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 6 midterm elections. But intensity is what matters in politics. Voters in the key states that will determine party control of the House and Senate appear to have turned against the tactics Democrats have used to fan the allegations of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh. The reason for the greater enthusiasm of GOP voters to turn out can be explained...

A woman who calls herself a "hardcore street activist" and "psycho babe" of internet radio is accused of locking her daughters out of her house because they wouldn't do what they were told. Christie Czajkowski, 37, is charged with five felonies in Taney County: -Two counts of felony child abuse -Two counts of endangering the welfare of a child -One count of resisting arrest Czajkowski was being held Tuesday night on $50,000 bond. Here's what happened, according to a probable cause statement obtained by KSPR NEWS: A sheriff's deputy and children's services worker went to Czajkowski's residence Monday night to...