Former Oregon football star describes wrestling gun from Parkrose HS student: Morning Briefing

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Former Oregon Ducks receiver Keanon Lowe.

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Today's stories

PARKROSE GUN SCARE: Keanon Lowe, a high school football coach and former Oregon Ducks star, described in a televised interview how he wrestled a shotgun away from student in a Parkrose High School classroom on Friday. Read more.

FLOOD DAMAGE: In a reversal, the city of Portland says it will pay for damage caused in March by burst water main. Read more.

GOLDEN PARACHUTE: An Oregon higher education official said he was “deeply troubled” by lavish severance given to departing Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi while tuition is set to rise. Read more.

ON THE HOUSE: An Oregon man was arrested after police said he hid in a restaurant until closing time, then raided the bar. Read more.

ELECTION: Gov. Kate Brown’s state-paid employees went into overdrive doing campaign-like work during last year’s heated governor’s race, records show. Read more.

BUSINESS TAX: A proposal for a billions of dollars in new business taxes earmarked for the state’s struggling education system became law Thursday, but it’s likely to end up before voters in a special election. Read more.

SPOTLIGHT: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit repertory theater company, is at a pivotal moment, with change at the top and challenges everywhere. Read more.

Snap of the day

20th Annual UFO Festival

Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper? Tens of thousands of extraterrestrial fans clad in tinfoil hats and bug-eyed alien masks packed the 20th annual McMinnville UFO Festival, which ended Saturday.Mark Graves/Staff

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Odd in Oregon

BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS: Sasquatch is by most accounts an elusive creature, but there have been far more reported sightings in some parts of the state. Read more.

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Today in history

AROUND THE WORLD: On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France

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