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Featuring new songs and beloved classics, the stadium-sized rock band shrinks down its outsized sound without losing any urgency or oomph.

In Fairbanks, Alaska, spring happens almost overnight

In many places, spring happens gradually. But in far-north Fairbanks, Alaska, birch and aspen trees often put their leaves out over a span of just 24-48 hours, a dramatic event known as "greenup."

An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026.

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed.

FILE — This image from video from Louisiana state trooper Lt. John Clary's body-worn camera shows trooper Kory York standing over Ronald Greene on his stomach on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La.

$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say

Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers.

High school and college student volunteers navigate downed Alder trees as they plant willow saplings along a tributary to Shotpouch Creek in Lincoln County, Ore., on Feb. 28, 2026. The students are part of the Mary's River Watershed Council’s Youth Watershed Council, participating in a 15 year-long ecological restoration project.

Pacific Northwest communities cultivate change through youth action and local business

JPR Associate Producer Maddie Peterson hosts a selection of news features from around our region.

Southern Oregon Hoop Factory recently opened on Crater Lake Highway in Medford/Central Point.

Southern Oregon Hoop Factory aims to build skills on and off the court

Devin Price is co-founder and executive director of the Southern Oregon Hoop Factory, which provides a 'holistic' approach to developing the bodies, minds and character of youth through sports.

People detained are seen at the the Desert View Annex at the the private prison company GEO Group Adelanto ICE Processing Center detention facility in Adelanto, Calif., in July 2025.

Former private prison official to serve as acting ICE chief

Compared to the start of President Trump's second term, David Venturella takes over an agency with a larger workforce, more financial resources — and also a continued funding lapse.

Brooklyn Nets center Jason Collins dribbles the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Feb. 23, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

FILE: A Portland General Electric substation in Sherwood, Ore., on March 17, 2026. PGE will soon start charging data centers more to reflect the costs they are imposing on the electrical grid.

Portland General Electric’s data center customers will pay more for electricity under landmark law

Oregon has more than 120 data centers, and is among a handful of states that are creating laws to protect ratepayers from higher electric bills as more come online.

Duffy says he and his family filmed "The Great American Road Trip" in brief windows, like weekends and school vacations, during a seven-month period.

Transportation Secretary Duffy filmed a reality show, funded by firms he regulates

Secretary Duffy, his wife and nine kids took a "Great American Road Trip" to celebrate America's 250th. They say no taxpayers funded the project. But a nonprofit with transport-related sponsors did.

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