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California is one of just a handful of states that allows rent control, but the price caps on rent are limited by the Costa-Hawkins act of the mid-1990s.…

Latin America was not a major battleground in the second World War, but it was pivotal in other ways. The region's riches in natural resources made it…

Here's what U.S. adults say about President Biden's handling of the economy, their top economic concerns and how they feel about the coronavirus pandemic, based on a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.

Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows new buildings going up at a huge, remote airfield near an old nuclear test range.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Wilson Center senior fellow Jean Lee about North Korea acknowledging a tense food situation and how flooding, sanctions and other issues are adding to the problem.

In a fiery speech at Tiananmen Square, Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping vowed to keep an iron grip on Hong Kong and to conquer Tiawan, and warned foreign forces against trying to bully China.

A small band of men looking for a lost cache of gold found something worth far more.Getting equipment and supplies into mining towns like Sailors’…

Brown addressed media questions on whether reopening while vaccine rates among Oregonians of color lag behind those of white residents will only perpetuate disparities exposed by pandemic.

Lawmakers say their budget deal with Gov. Gavin Newson will expand enrollment at public universities and create a debt-free grant. But those items aren’t getting a dollar this coming year. Instead, bill language says the money will come next year. Other major investments are in this year’s budget, though.

Much of Oregon is in high or extreme fire danger, with red flag warnings in effect for hot, dry, windy conditions and dry thunderstorms.