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Candle wax melts onto an attendee’s finger during a vigil at Drake Park after three children and a teacher were killed in a mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore. on Oct. 15, 2026. The suspected shooter was a 16-year-old who entered the school and was killed by an armed bystander, bringing the total number of deaths to five.
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Bend reels after school shooting leaves 3 children, teacher dead
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The suspected shooter was killed at the scene. Hundreds of people gathered to share songs and prayer at a vigil in Drake Park hours after Thursday’s shooting.
The Martin Luther King Community Hospital in Los Angeles on July 26, 2022.
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California falls short on Medi-Cal fraud, state report says
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From left to right: John West, Colene Martin, Chad Hansen and Mark Jones
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Four candidates vie for two Josephine County Commission seats
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A wide driveway is lined with single-story shipping container homes. They are gray and have white doors and windows.
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President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in San Antonio on Oct. 7. Trump made big inroads with young voters in 2024, but some of that support appears to be waning.
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People bring items to Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore., Oct. 15, 2026, as the investigation continues at the scene. A shooting occurred at the school, leaving multiple victims, including children, officials say.
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Breaking News
Bystander in Bend confronted and fatally shot suspected school shooter, officials say
Joni Auden Land, Troy Brynelson, Casey Frizzell, Dirk VanderHart
Officials said children aged 5, 8 and 11 died in the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday. A teacher was also killed.
FILE - Matt lifts up his three-year-old son, Theo, to cast his ballot into the Hillsboro Public Library-Shute Park ballot drop box in May 2026. Election officials are increasingly recommending voters plan to use drop boxes rather than mailing their ballot.
Eli Imadali
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Elections
Oregon elections chief urges early voting as test of USPS service shows slow mail service
Alex Baumhardt
Left: U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley. Right: Oregon state Sen. David Brock Smith. Merkley has served in Congress for nearly 18 years and faces challenger state Sen. David Brock Smith.
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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley was headed for retirement. President Trump’s actions changed his mind
Bryce Dole
The Oregon Coast Community Action building in Coos Bay. The nonprofit, founded in 1965, runs programs including Head Start, housing help and food distribution.
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Children and Family
A CASA shutdown leaves Coos and Curry foster children waiting for advocates
Theo Greenly
A close-up of a brown mosquito with white markings feeding on a human.
CDC
Elections
Jackson County mosquito district asks voters to expand funding
Justin Higginbottom
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FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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Elections
Trump sues California over allegations of noncitizens registering to vote
Jeanne Kuang, Ana B. Ibarra
The Trump administration is demanding records from Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties as it looks for instances of noncitizens voting.
San Diego’s Lake Hodges Dam under repair in fall of 2022. The dam is expected to be replaced in the next decade. The dam, built as a multiple arch design, was completed in 1918, and purchased by the City of San Diego in 1925.
John Gastaldo
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CalMatters
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Dozens of California dams need repair as El Niño winter draws closer
Rachel Becker
FILE - A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon's unredacted voter rolls. In this Nov. 8, 2022 file photo voters at the Multnomah County Elections Division in Portland.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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Elections
Trump pressed states for info on millions of voters in the midterms. It’s mostly failed
Jonathan Shorman
The Alturas Indian Rancheria gas station, located on a federal allotment in Yreka, with the tribe's excavation work in the background on July 15, 2026. The Bureau of Indian affairs says the tribe is trespassing on this property.
Justin Higginbottom
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Economy and Finance
Alturas Indian Rancheria is entering prediction market business with Kalshi partnership
Justin Higginbottom
The California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., is seen on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.
Juliana Yamada, File

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Elections
Prop. 43 would make special taxes harder to pass. That’s the point, say anti-tax advocates
Yue Stella Yu
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