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Superintendents across the country say they're eager to get kids back in schools — safely. In communities with coronavirus cases soaring, some leaders say remote learning is the only safe option.

They're speaking out and leading protests to learn the fate of fathers and brothers who are among the many hundreds of disappeared Pakistanis — most of them men. Are they making a difference?

It took some vision to put an orchestra on a grassy hillside in Jacksonville. And the vision took: 54 years later, the Britt Orchestra still entertains…

Reading all the books about handling death and grief may not prepare people for tending to a person in their final days. Ashland authors Katie Ortlip and…

This is our attempt at doing a Show About Nothing. Sam Kean's new book is about -- air. In Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around…

The U.S. isn't the only country where statues of controversial historical figures have been swept aside by protesters seeking a clean break with the past.

With millions of people out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, fewer payroll taxes are coming in to help keep Medicare's trust fund intact.

In 1952, Jacksonville, Ore., celebrated a Gold Rush Jubilee to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the town. The town…

A drop in shipping traffic is reducing underwater noise, so scientists are listening for how whales and other marine life are responding.

Clinics in Southern Oregon are preparing for temporary farmworkers to arrive this season while also trying to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.