A man claiming to represent members of a group called the Red Brigades said that they would kill the Italian city’s deputy public prosecutor unless an imprisoned bank robber was released.
Famous for its craft beer and indie bookstores, the city of Portland in Oregon is not an obvious place for the United States to start fraying at the seams. A haunt of Millennial hipsters and downsized tech bros, it prides itself as a vegan-friendly, eco-friendly, migrant-friendly beacon of progressive America.