Discrimination suit — An Oregon jury has awarded the U.S. employee of a Chinese company $1.24 million because the man says he faced discrimination and retaliation after he complained. Mark McMillan was the director of design engineering at the athletic footwear and apparel brand Li Ning Sports USA’s Portland office. He filed a lawsuit July 2011 in state court. The Oregonian reports the 12-person jury voted 11-1 Thursday that Li Ning retaliated against McMillan because of complaints he made about racial discrimination by Chinese Li Ning executives. The jury rejected McMillan’s claim that his promotion was denied because he is a U.S. citizen.

Hawaii murder probe — A Marine is being held at a military detention facility in Pearl Harbor while authorities investigate the murder of a visitor from Oregon. Marine Corps Forces Pacific said in a statement Friday it agreed with Honolulu prosecutors it would be “more advantageous” to prosecute the case in the military justice system. Honolulu police arrested Master Sgt. Nathaniel Cosby earlier this month but Cosby was released without any charges filed. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service says it has taken the lead in the investigation. Investigators are probing the death of Ivanice “Ivy” Harris, who was last seen outside a Waikiki bar on May 16.

Missing boy — An Oregon judge has granted the father of a missing Portland boy a renewed restraining order against the man’s estranged wife. However, the woman’s lawyer said Friday in court that she intends to contest it. The order prohibits Terri Horman from having any contact with her husband, Kaine Horman, or their now 4 1/2-year-old daughter. The Oregonian reports the court order has been renewed each year since the June 4, 2010, disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman, Kaine Horman’s son. The boy’s stepmother, Terri Horman, told investigators she dropped the boy off at his Portland school. He hasn’t been seen since. No arrests have been made. In his court petition, Kaine Horman says his estranged wife poses “a substantial safety threat.” Her lawyer, Peter Bunch, told the court the petition allegations are “solely hearsay.”

Hiker rescued — A Globe, Ariz., man hoping to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from Oregon to California has been rescued unhurt after he was stranded for four days in a snowstorm in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. The Register-Guard newspaper reports that 57-year-old Rip Stouffer was cold but not injured when rescuers reached him late Thursday. They brought him out of the area on Friday. Lane County officials say Stouffer had been planning to hike alone from Oregon Highway 242 south to California. However, he encountered wintry conditions and snow accumulations on Monday when he was about 10 miles from the highway.

False traffic stop — A man employed as a mechanic used red-and-blue emergency lights to pull over a woman in Salem he says he thought was speeding and driving erratically. KATU-TV reports that Camerino Ortega-Espinosa instead found himself handcuffed after the incident. The female driver told police she pulled over after seeing the lights, but that Ortega-Espinosa declined to say which police agency employed him. He then showed her a gun. She called 911. Ortega-Espinosa tells the station that the incident was misunderstanding, that he wanted to make sure the woman wasn’t driving drunk and he’s sorry. Ortega-Espinosa has been charged with impersonating a police officer.

— From wire reports