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Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate

Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.

NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

Cunningham piloted the first manned Apollo mission, a key step in the drive to reach the moon, but he never flew in space again. He was a physicist who later became known as a climate-change skeptic.

Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud and other charges tied to FTX's collapse

The co-founder and former CEO of FTX pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts related to the spectacular collapse of his crypto exchange.

Once a boarding school, a college now aims to reclaim education for Native people

A college in Colorado that was once a boarding school offers perspectives on opportunities and obstacles for Native American scholars now.

Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve the text."

He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name

Robert Gottlieb has been working in publishing since 1955. The documentary Turn Every Page, by daughter Lizzie Gottlieb, examines his decades-long editing relationship with author Robert Caro.

An airline worker died on Saturday after being "ingested" into the engine of American Airlines Embraer aircraft, like the kind pictured here at the Dallas/Fort Worth International airport in Dallas in June 2021.

An airline worker died after being 'ingested into the engine' of a plane, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident with the Embraer 170 aircraft which killed an American Airlines worker on Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.

Research Tracks Use Of Oregon's Abortion Access Law

OHSU and OHA run numbers on Reproductive Health Equity Act

Tune Up Before Traveling: The Squeaky Wheel

Zach Edwards, back to get our cars on track

Tired Of Polarization? Here's 'The Way Out'

Psychologist says conflict-resolution techniques should help

Over the holiday weekend, hundreds of migrants landed in Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West, Fla., in the Gulf of Mexico. Tourists walk along the sea wall surrounding Fort Jefferson in the park in February 2016.

An influx of 300 migrants forces closure of a national park in the Florida Keys

The U.S. National Park Service estimated that some 300 migrants arrived in the Dry Tortugas National Park over the past couple days. The park is about 100 miles north of Havana, the Cuban capital.

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