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5 killed in 2-car collision in the Antelope Valley
LITTLEROCK — Five people were killed Sunday night when two cars crashed on the Pearblossom (138) Highway in Littlerock. The crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 8:12 p.m. Sunday on the eastbound Pearblossom Highway at 106th Street East in the Antelope Valley. People were reported trapped in both cars, described by witnesses…
Chris Poole wins second straight Congressional Cup off Long Beach shoreline
New Yorker Chris Poole completed a dynamic double off the wind-whipped coast of Long Beach on Sunday, April 28, winning his second consecutive Congressional Cup in the 59th edition of the world’s longest-running annual match-race regatta. Sunday’s finish was a classic, waged under bright blue, postcard-caliber skies. The offshore action delighted 200-plus fans who watched…
Taylor Swift’s latest album had a “historic” debut, Billboard says
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with “the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era.” Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service
Self-driving tractor-trailers heading for U.S. roads
Within three or four years, Aurora Innovation and its competitors expect to put thousands of self-driving trucks on America’s public freeways. But the image of driverless semis on highways concerns many people, polls show. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service
Hope for new Israel-Hamas cease-fire piles pressure on Netanyahu
With deaths mounting in Gaza and another Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal on the table, Netanyahu is under pressure from all sides. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service
YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Another Gonzalez Flop, Sexy Fast Food, and Who Wants $15 Million?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It’s the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being “the last to know,” then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest…
FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Drew Holcomb, Teenage Fanclub, Yellow Days, and War Paint!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the…
POP QUIZ PDX: Delicious Trivia About Portland’s Best Fast Food (and Those Sexy Mascots!)
See how well YOU score on this week’s local news & fun quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey BUENOS DIAS, BRAINY BOTTOM! It’s time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week’s edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week, your brain will be tested on how…
Europeans won’t ‘go die for Donbass’ – Borrell
The EU is committed to assisting Ukraine but doesn’t want to send its people to the battlefield, the bloc’s foreign policy chief says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has insisted that member states don’t want their citizens to die in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that the bloc will keep supporting Kiev with military and…
Musk and Sacks slam Washington’s ‘forever war’ Ukraine plan
The tech billionaires weighed in on the idea of a ten-year aid deal articulated by Vladimir Zelensky Two of the America’s most influential tech entrepreneurs, Elon Musk and David Sacks, have expressed concern over a security agreement currently in the works between the US and Ukraine. Former PayPal chief David Sacks took to X (formerly…