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Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

From a lost bridge in Washington to long COVID among farmworkers and life on an Oregon sheep farm, a look at challenges shaping the Northwest.

Author Tamika Thompson brings her debut novel “The Curse of Hester Gardens” to Ashland for a talk on April 30 at Bloomsbury Books.

A man who opened fire Saturday near a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the U.S. Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past month.

Even in states like Oregon without an explicit “failure to protect” law, abused mothers can face prison time.

From a public wildfire authority to a state backstop, California insurance regulator candidates propose greater state involvement.

The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with W-U-N-C listener Thomas Hirschman of Durham, North Carolina. and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

There's an effort on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which awards funding to houses of worship to harden their defenses. In 2024, roughly a third of those who applied actually received funding.

The Toy Story squad takes on a tablet, the Minions take on Hollywood and Christopher Nolan takes on a Greek epic.