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Spring begins at 11:50 p.m. ET on March 19 this year. It is the earliest nationwide vernal equinox since 1896. Why, you ask? Get ready for orbital mechanics and a lot of information about calendars.

In the Portland metro area, Central Oregon and Southern Oregon, hospitals are struggling with a surge of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, and bracing for the possibility of even higher numbers.

Some of the protests had been planned ahead of Election Day. But they were intensified by President Trump's attempts to pronounce himself the winner of a presidential race that's still playing out.

Despite missteps on the campaign trail, former Vice President Joe Biden continues to retain support among key Democratic voter groups, but Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren aren't far behind.

Scientists believe soot that hangs over the mountains of Sichuan Basin — a byproduct of factories and cars — brought about the floods that devastated the region in 2013.

Another, larger chunk has fallen off the monolith rising over Yosemite Valley in California. One injury is reported. In yesterday's fall at the same place, one climber was killed and one injured.

Almost 100,000 Oregonians have filed unemployment claims through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. Only 23,000 of them have been paid.

Monday, May 18 marks the 35th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Southwest Washington. The natural disaster killed 57 people and drastically changed the region's landscape.

We asked photographers to show us how their world has been altered by the pandemic. Their pictures show the many things that are lost for the moment — as well as new ways to find comfort and joy.

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee faces confirmation hearings, and the House nears a vote on the GOP's health care bill. That all could be drowned out by ongoing controversy about Russia.