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Lawmakers are looking at freezing open positions and pulling money from certain programs as they work to avoid deep layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Celinda Gonzales of the Yurok Tribe worked to prevent suicides among Native Americans after experiencing loss in her family. She “was a friend to many,” the tribe said.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors was investigating Clerk Clint Curtis for possible electioneering.

U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.

Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.

The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

Police said the suspect in the school shooting in remote British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was found dead and had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect's mother and stepbrother were also found dead.

The attorney general's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee comes one year into her tenure, a period marked by a striking departure from traditions and norms at the Justice Department.

Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150-year-history and why it's particularly special on the hockey rink.

Former political director to Bernie Sanders, Analilia Mejia, says discussing national issues with voters gave her an edge in the Democratic House primary for New Jersey's U.S. House special election.