The stunt on the St. Johns Bridge comes after protesters gathered in a Portland park Tuesday evening, and planned to drop kayaks in the water in a bid to stop the Royal Dutch Shell from leaving port. The ship was scheduled Wednesday to depart for Alaskan waters.
There were no reports of injuries or structural damage, although a load of hay on a semi-trailer caught fire on a road near the interstate after the driver fled to safety.
Republican Jeb Bush and his allies have amassed more than 4 million to advance his presidential bid, leaping past all his rivals in the 2016 White House contest.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC said on Monday an icebreaker crucial to planned Arctic oil drilling will be sent to Portland, Oregon to fix a gash in its hull, but the issue is not expected to delay the beginning of drilling off Alaska later in July.
As he reminded the crowd, he was the first presidential candidate to release any comment on the Puerto Rican debt crisis, and remains the only one to speak repeatedly about the humanitarian crisis in the Dominican Republic.
Miss Massachusetts U.S, Polikseni Manxhari, inspired by her friend’s tragic suicide, makes it her mission to volunteer at a suicide prevention hotline.
The super-PAC supporting his candidacy, Right to Rise US, said it had raised $103 million since its start in January. Donelly is referring to the newest rules about campaign financing which allow a candidate to work with a super PAC as long as they are not officially running for...
The Greek leader declared that he was not seeking a “rupture” with Europe but rather a “socially just and economically viable agreement without the mistakes of the past, that caused a recessionary spiral”.