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George Saunders’ biting, imaginative short stories and novels have made him one of America’s most celebrated authors.

A group of Indigenous teens and young adults train to climb to Camp Muir on Mount Tahoma.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man found dead in an Idaho church decades ago may be connected to unsolved poisonings in 1982 that were dubbed the Tylenol murders and ushered in child safety caps for medicines, authorities announced Wednesday.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States was gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

Oregon’s prospective foster and adoptive parents do not need to commit to affirming a child’s potential LGBTQ+ identity to serve as caregivers in the wake of a recent federal court ruling that has narrowed child welfare officials’ ability to determine inc…

Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive reporting from NPR A federal judge appeared inclined to order the White House to restore — at least temporarily — the press passes of journalists for CNN, Politico and MS NOW (formerly MSNBC).

On a recent September day, Sumana Shrestha Amatya stood alongside other protesters in the Nepali capital, urging the government to work faster to find their loved ones, trapped inside hydropower plants since flash floods devastated miles of a river valley…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in the United States on Wednesday evening for his first state visit in 11 years, opening high-stakes talks with President Trump at a pivotal moment for both men.

State regulators have backed off pursuing sizable fee increases on Oregon’s magic mushroom businesses after dire warnings from the legal psilocybin industry that it would buckle under the added costs.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.

The Port Orford-Langlois School Board approved five curriculum requests for its remote learning programs Monday but excluded a sixth after board members found religious teachings in the material.

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The Trump administration’s approach to immigration enforcement has been multi-pronged: detentions and rapid deportation, warrantless arrests, the deployment and attempted deployment of the National Guard, and in some cases lethal force.

A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Washington seeking the state’s voter rolls, in line with many rulings across the country.

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In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence’s rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another.

Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day Reporters try to hold President Trump — like any president — and his administration accountable.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to create “mobile detention facilities” for immigrant detainees in Pennsylvania, according to publicly available government documents.

The first time Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to prison, reporters, advocates and the curious public crammed the courtroom to witness the disgraced Hollywood honcho’s #MeToo reckoning.

Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at the U.N.

Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny Knight, have committed $1 billion to the University of Oregon, with a plan to establish a new engineering college there.

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Carla Leite made the tiebreaking basket with 1:57 left in overtime and then converted a three-point play with 26.5 seconds to play as the Portland Fire ended the season with a 90-82 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night.

Freddy Trujillo has a long history in Portland.

Under the noonday sun, Ben Walsh gazed across the meadow where he grew up outside Sisters and pictured an elementary school and homes alongside open fields.

Retiree Christina Maier moved from Portland five years ago to Tollgate, a subdivision two miles west of Sisters surrounded by the Deschutes National Forest.

Throughout the grounds of the Pendleton Round-Up, “Let ‘Er Buck” is plastered everywhere.

For the second time in as many elections, a candidate for sheriff in Central Oregon’s largest county is facing allegations of dishonesty — and possibly termination — unless he wins the election and takes office first.

Days after President Trump barred reporters from three major news outlets from the White House, the administration has launched a 24/7 YouTube channel promising to put its “biggest moments all in one place.”

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The shooting of a Venezuelan man in his vehicle by a federal immigration officer in Texas has set off renewed protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the pro…

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Elected officials from across Washington County gathered Tuesday in support of Commissioner Nafisa Fai, who was flipped off by the commission chair in a meeting last week.

A federal judge in Oregon is considering whether U.S.

A Southwest Washington lawmaker has announced the state’s first legislative response to the deadly chemical spill that killed 11 workers and injured eight others at a Longview paper mill.

Did Portland Police Chief Bob Day break the law when he criticized a city councilor last week?

Hurricane Polo grew into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades on Tuesday, and it was expected to skirt Mexico’s southwestern coast as a Category 5 hurricane.

President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House.

LONDON — A book published Tuesday by the brother of the late Princess Diana has made headlines around the world with its damning allegations about Diana's ex-husband, now King Charles III, and reopened decades-old wounds within Britain's royal family.

A reptile believed to be struggling in sand at a Southern California beach was simply making history: a sea turtle laying eggs on the U.S.

When you hear the term sex education, you might think of classes for kids in public schools.

As Oregon officials begin to send ballots out for the upcoming November election, the state’s top elections officer is encouraging voters to verify whether their election-related mail comes from an official source.

About 600,000 Oregon Health Plan members will soon receive a notice that Medicaid is about to change.

Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox employees in Washington state.

A longtime flying enthusiast and former city council member is missing after his twin-engine plane crashed into the ocean about a mile off the coast of Newport early Monday afternoon.

President Donald Trump returned to the U.N.

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Tonight is the last game and the official end of the season for the Rose City’s WNBA team, the Portland Fire.

Lane Selman is a matchmaker of sorts.