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As the country again confronts its record of structural racism, Joe Biden is facing growing calls to choose a black woman as his running mate.

In 1940, two youth gangs engaged in a duel at Gold Beach, Ore.The Wedderburn Gang rowed its boat from the north bank of the Rogue River to a sandbar…

Being able to communicate with each other by speaking made a big difference in our development as a species. But when we turned our pictures into words…

Tamani's new young adult novel follows two high school basketball stars who fall in love at first sight — but then have to deal with their own issues and secrets to build a lasting relationship.

Nearman refused to resign in the face of overwhelming evidence he would be ejected from the Legislature. The four-term Republican lawmaker becomes the first person ever expelled from the Oregon House.

Just four weeks after the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection released its draft environmental impact report on the Vegetation Treatment…

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) goes far beyond the NFL. Everyday men and women worry they have the fatal disease, and they've turned to questionable brain products for help.

A government official said the blast occurred when workers changed the battery of a locomotive, creating a spark in a methane-filled tunnel. Many who died had rushed to help miners who were trapped.

Landscape architect Walter Hood transforms street corners and town squares, often in underserved communities, into spaces that honor communal histories. He is one of 26 MacArthur fellows this year.

On Feb. 27, 1940, 2.5 inches of rain fell in six hours in Redding, Calif. The following day, rising flood waters closed three bridges leading out of town,…