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The selection will make Harris the third woman and first Black and first Asian American candidate to be nominated for vice president by a major political party.

Rep. Alcee Hastings is helping advance the full House vote to impeach Trump. Being a participant on both sides of impeachment places him alone in American political history.

In 1857, Franklin Mowry was 27 years old, mining for gold on Jackson Creek near Jacksonville, Ore. In a letter to his brother Silas in Pennsylvania, Mowry…

The University of Oregon Extension Division held a contest in 1925 for school children to write history essays about their communities for the monthly…

Just off Key West, undeveloped Wisteria Island — long home to a ragtag community — is at the center of a legal fight. The U.S. government and a Florida developer are fighting over ownership.

In 1907, George Taverner and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, moved to Ashland, Ore., and bought a home designed by Frank Clark, Southern Oregon’s leading…

Strikes by the government and its allies have dealt a devastating blow to Idlib province in the north, where the conflict has escalated since late April.

For many Americans, it goes without saying that the police help maintain public safety. But many others — especially black Americans — see the police as more of a threat than a protective force.

Last week, a federal court ruled that citing people in Grants Pass for camping or sleeping in public is unconstitutional. The decision invalidated sleeping ordinances in Grants Pass, but clarification is still needed for other municipalities.

When the North American fur trade reached its peak in the 1800’s, European and American trappers encountered an abundance of sea otters, especially on the…