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Stick and ground cinnamon is displayed for a photograph in Concord, N.H., on March 2, 2008.

The FDA adds more brands to a new alert for lead-contaminated cinnamon

No illnesses have been reported in connection to the alerts. The FDA has recommended that manufacturers voluntarily recall their products.

Kari Lake wins Arizona's GOP Senate primary. She'll face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego

Lake has been a supporter of former President Donald Trump ever since launching her political career with a failed campaign for governor of Arizona in 2022. Trump has endorsed her Senate bid.

Oregon's natural gas utilities – NW Natural, Avista Corporation and Cascade Natural Gas Corporation – challenged the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality over 2021 emission rules.

Redo of Oregon program to cap greenhouse gas pollution ready for public review

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality reworked the state’s landmark Climate Protection Program after it was derailed by a gas company lawsuit.

A sign in front of a large building with a clock tower on top. The sign says "County of Shasta California, Administration Center, 1450 Court Street."

New Shasta County policies for media worry free press advocates

Shasta County has issued new policies for media covering public Board of Supervisors meetings. Those rules have raised concerns over press freedom.

Yue Stella Yu

Yue Stella Yu covers politics for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference following the verdict in his hush-money trial at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City.

Trump's planned address to Black journalists convention sparks backlash

Former President Donald Trump will address journalists at the NABJ convention in Chicago. Many, however, have questioned the decision to offer a platform to the Republican nominee.

From left, U.S. silver medalist Regan Smith, Australian gold medalist Kaylee McKeown and U.S. bronze medalist Katharine Berkoff pose with their medals following the women's 100-meter backstroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Tuesday. Berkoff's bronze was not only the 3,000th medal for Team USA, but also the 600th Olympic medal earned by a USA swimming athlete.

The United States has become the first country to win 3,000 Olympic medals

This record tally includes both Summer and Winter Games and was helped Tuesday by Team USA's historic performances in Paris in swimming events, which yielded four medals.

A view of buildings shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, on Tuesday.

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah commander in Beirut it blames for a deadly strike

The Israeli military says it "eliminated" a top Hezbollah commander in a suburb of Lebanon's capital in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

Lane County high school sophomore makes the case for voting at 16

Devon Lawson-McCourt in Lane County wants to lower the voting age to 16 for most elections. The bill in the legislature is House Joint Resolution 20, and it is supported by groups like Next Up Oregon.

But it's science: Discrimination against women on the eve of the 21st century

Kate Zernike broke the story of MIT's discrimination against women scientists for the Boston Globe, and she returns to the issue in book form, with The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.

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