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How would your dog do on the SATs? The question is a joke, but not the concept of testing dogs for problem-solving abilities. Oregon State University's…

Unless people are packed together, "there really just is not much spread happening outdoors," Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University's School of Public Health says.

After the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday for the murder of George Floyd, leaders of Southern Oregon’s Black activist community reacted with a mixture of relief and hope that it will lead to broader change.

Oregon lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday on a proposal that would combine two of the leading gun regulation bills still in play at the capitol this session.

The guilty verdict against the former officer has added new urgency around stalled talks on legislation to ban chokeholds and end qualified immunity for police. But the path remains far from clear.

The U. S. Congress encouraged settlement of the West by passing the Homestead Act in 1862. People could file on unclaimed land, live on it, and then buy…

WPLN News reports on Nashville's long-suffering live music scene and the city's lack of a cohesive plan.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the inquiry a day after a jury convicted former officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges in the death of George Floyd.

The chairman of the California Legislative Black Caucus says he wants ‘no more kneeling and social media posts. We’ve had enough of the performative acts.’

Civil rights advocates reacted with elation, caution, to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. Law enforcement in Oregon issued statements calling the verdict a "measure of closure” for George Floyd’s family. Portland declared a state of emergency.