Wildfires continue to tear through L.A. area; hundreds of thousands without power
Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.
Why U.S. Postal Service is suspending mail delivery on Jan. 9
That’s because the U.S. Postal Service is suspending all regular mail activity, retail services and office activity on Jan. 9. The date has been declared a national day of observance to honor former ...
Impeached South Korea president uses security forces to hold off efforts to detain him
A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics.
Portland cookie cart serves freshly baked cookies the size of baseballs
Downtown Portland’s Cookie McCakeface – located in the Cart Blocks pod just two blocks east of Powell’s Books – serves its cookies warm, doughy and about the size of baseballs. (The cart also won The ...
Portland’s gun violence prevention office to see more change amid broader public safety reorganization
An aide to former Mayor Ted Wheeler will take the helm as the city restructures its administrative response to crime.
Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is just 16
Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton. “Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to women that is awarded by ...