by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! If you're upset about seeing a photo of Palestinians carrying the dead to a burial site, you're mad at the wrong thing. We’re in for a...
by Suzette Smith The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Blood Brothers fans and (okay) Portland! As we wrote yesterday in Mercury Music Picks, the '00s hardcore band the Blood Brothers announced this week...
Manchester City put one hand on the Premier League title thanks to a 2-0 win. Erling Haaland scored a brace, with Man City going two points clear of Arsenal. Arsenal are the real deal regardless of what happens in the title race -
Breaking down what the Commanders are getting from their fifth round linebacker With his body type and having studied how Dan Quinn and Joe Whitt Jr. make use of their defensive personnel, Hampton seems like a prime candidate to shift down more into the box as a big nickel/dime linebacker type of role. He has the size to be able to handle playing closer to the box, but the athletic ability to still match up well in coverage against tight ends and running backs. In fact it’s that coverage ability...
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We are coming up on one year in Alabama! I am amazed at how quickly the time has flown, and how the moment we arrived, we immediately felt like we had come home. Thankfully, that has not worn off.
When shopping, have you considered the social and environmental impacts of your vegetable oil purchases? Most products offer limited information on these effects. Labels like "No Palm Oil"—linked to environmental damage and threats to orangutans—or "Fair-trade" are familiar, but many ingredients go unmentioned. How reliable are these claims, and what unseen impacts are we responsible for with our choices?
Stewart Ledbetter, the former face of the public affairs TV show "Vermont This Week" for 26 years and a longtime fixture on NBC5 before he retired, is running for the Vermont Senate, hoping to represent the five-town Chittenden-Central district. Ledbetter, 62, a Winooski resident for the past 30 years, is running as a Democrat. He said his decades on camera will make him useful to a body that is losing several members to retirement this year. He retired from "Vermont This Week" last...
STONY BROOK - CHAMPAIGN - DNA and isotopic testing has revealed that 19% of
George Clooney is set to make his Broadway debut in the new play 'Good
The actor will play the lead in a stage adaptation of his Oscar-nominated journalism drama from 2005George Clooney is set to make his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 journalism drama Good Night, and Good Luck.The actor’s sophomore feature as director will be transformed into a play set to premiere in spring 2025. Clooney, who played Fred W Friendly in the original, will now take on the role of Edward R Murrow. Continue reading