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Ashland settles with former employee over alleged workplace harassment

The City of Ashland has settled a lawsuit with a former parks department employee over allegations of workplace harassment.

FILE - An attendee holds up a sign during a rally calling for an end to the Senate Republican walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on May 11, 2023.

Challenge to anti-walkout law could go straight to Oregon Supreme Court

GOP senators and state attorneys disagree on what Measure 113 does, but they agree the matter needs to be answered soon.

A gay Ugandan man holds a pride flag as he poses for a photograph in Uganda in March.

Uganda starts charging people under extreme anti-LGBTQ law, raising execution fears

Two men in Uganda are the first to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under a harsh new law that carries the death penalty. Their cases highlight the threats for LGBTQ+ people in Uganda.

Can we make college campuses safer? Expert advice after recent shootings

The Jacksonville gunman drove to a university before opening fire at a nearby store. Days later, UNC Chapel Hill went on lockdown as a faculty member was shot. A campus security expert offers advice.

How K-pop took over the world — as told by one fan who rode the wave

In a new podcast, Vivian Yoon dissects her personal stake in K-pop, and how her obscure childhood passion has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.

Flowers left on the grave of Yevgeny Prigozhin who died in a plane crash are seen during the funeral ceremony at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday.

Prigozhin is buried in St. Petersburg as Russians make memorials for the Wagner chief

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. Many Russians are mourning — and speculating about the crash.

Blue Flowers salesman Nick Davenport said his customers are "100 percent" stunned to see the intoxicating hemp products he sells.

In red states where marijuana is illegal, other hemp products flourish

A loophole in the farm bill allows for the sale of hemp products that include a form of THC. North Carolina is one state where stores selling intoxicating hemp products have popped up.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana speaks at a House Republican Conference news conference in Washington on May 23.

Steve Scalise says he has been diagnosed with a 'very treatable blood cancer'

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he's begun treatment for multiple myeloma. He said he expects to return to Washington to continue work while he undergoes treatment.

People show support for three statewide initiatives at a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 28, 2023.

As culture wars escalate, California officials push back on school board policies

Under a system that has long prioritized local control for school districts. state officials now are fighting some recent board decisions regarding LGBTQ students.

The new KIDS COUNT report, by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, finds children in Oregon are healthier than average but lag their peers nationwide when it comes to education.

Two dozen Oregon school districts will split $53 million for summer, after-school programs

Thousands of kids across Oregon are guaranteed summer and after-school programs in the coming school year with millions in new federal funding.

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