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REIM, Israel — Israelis gathered Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has left much of the territory in ruins and its 2 million people living…

Half of Portland voters will cast their ballots for their district city councilors this November, including those living in Portland’s District 3.

Three council seats in Portland’s District 4 are on the ballot in November.

Polling from OPB shows that the Oregon gubernatorial race is neck-and-neck in the rematch between Republican state Sen.

In Vancouver, Washington, you could easily pass by and miss this small breakfast joint, but owner Karen Carlton is proud of her restaurant’s storied history.

A federal judge says he’ll issue a ruling by the end of October in a lawsuit that’s pitting concerns about the drinking water of 230,000 people in Marion County against efforts to save imperiled Chinook salmon.

The Eugene Police Department is facing a lawsuit after an officer punched and tased a man during an arrest last year.

From the proposed closures of Stephenson Elementary School in Portland’s Southwest corner to James John Elementary in North Portland’s St.

Students are protesting across France for more resources and better conditions in schools after weeks of class boycotts, blockades and demonstrations.

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested and charged a 30-year-old from Washington state with encouraging an 18-year-old to commit one of the worst school shootings in Canada’s history by offering to livestream the February…

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Cornell University named Sally Yates, a former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, as head of an independent internal review into how the school handled a former student’s rape allegations.

The Eugene 4J School District is now accepting nominations to rename César Chávez Elementary.

Since OPB’s founding in Corvallis, Oregon in 1922, public service has been deep in our bones.

Does “the third time’s the charm” apply to prestigious literary awards?

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Washington state voters will soon weigh in on a ballot measure to ban transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams.

Toody Cole has been a pillar in many beloved Pacific Northwest bands, including Dead Moon and the Rats and Pierced Arrows.

A new Pentagon study focusing on the future of warfare is raising ethical concerns about its authors’ potential conflicts of interest.

STOCKHOLM — Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.

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President Trump was elected in 2024, in large measure, with a mandate to bring down prices.

A new era in Hollywood is set to begin with a new media conglomerate called Skydance.

A federal court in Washington, D.C., is to play host to a legal battle Tuesday morning pitting the Walt Disney Co. against the nation’s chief broadcast regulator over just how far First Amendment protections can go during the presidency of Donald Trump.

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New details have emerged about a June 7 incident at Port of Astoria property that involved federal immigration officers and triggered concerns about a possible violation of Oregon’s sanctuary law.

The Leatherman tool came from a simple idea: What if a Boy Scout knife had pliers?

Paul Durant leans down to pick a small, purple pinot noir grape off a vine, and he pops it into his mouth.

Health care, affordability and data centers were among the topics that dominated a recent forum in Walla Walla with Washington state’s two 5th Congressional District candidates: Republican incumbent U.S.

Layoffs at a statewide immigrant rights nonprofit raise questions about how the group will continue to run an ICE reporting hotline and other services that assist people facing deportation.

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Portland Public Schools announced two scenarios Monday evening that would result in massive changes for Portland’s elementary, middle and K-8 schools, including building closures, program consolidations and changes to school boundaries.

Last month, before all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the Rose Quarter closed for construction and repairs, transportation officials’ traffic predictions were abysmal.

Prosecutors in Clark County said Monday that a deputy who stabbed a suspect to death in May 2025 won’t face criminal charges.

Portland voters in two of the city’s four districts will soon be casting ballots to elect or re-elect their city councilors.

Audrey Long has started sending postcards to herself just to see what makes it back.

October 05, 2026 From Gillian Flaccus, Oregon Public Broadcasting News Director: OPB is committed to covering the 2026 general election in our state accurately and fairly.

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MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s housing crisis.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

A new Supreme Court term begins Monday with arguments in a blockbuster case about the reach of state power.

The Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday with cases on climate change, religious rights and President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration high on the agenda.

BANGKOK — The FBI arrested a woman at Los Angeles International Airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president’s family for China.

Dennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress’ longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monda…

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The Oregon chapter of the international nonprofit “Dress for Success” was among the very first of the 130 member networks.

Standing at 14,410 feet, Mount Tahoma is the tallest mountain in the Pacific Northwest.

The largest Dungeness crab ever caught in Oregon was rumored to be from a stretch of coastal land south of Yachats back around the 1930s, according to historian and tribal council member Robert Kentta.

Researchers at Washington State University were interested in seeing whether cannabis use decreased stress, based on both subjective reports and objective measurements of bodily changes associated with stress.

Patti Kraff reflects on the loss of her fiancé, Norm Barlow, after his death in the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company chemical spill on May 26, 2026.