Black Oregon college student assaulted by three white men: police

The assault of a black Oregon college student by three white men is being investigated by a police hate crime unit and comes days after Portland police received reports of racist threats on social media, authorities said on Monday.

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Armed man shot trying to get into Arkansas air base: authorities

The incident sent the base into lockdown for nearly three hours while authorities examined the car driven by the man. Authorities said he carried a rifle. “I do not know if the suspect fired rounds out of his weapon, but I do know that he was brandishing a weapon at the time he exited his vehicle,” said Colonel Charles Brown the commander of the 19th Airlift Wing at the base.

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