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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

A pair of Portland City Council members Tuesday urged city officials to reconsider plans to shut down a North Portland homeless village for people living in vehicles that opened less than two years ...

The Iranian-born Fallah embarked on a six-month journey to reach the United States, where he's played college basketball at ...

Chip designer AMD said Wednesday that it will invest $20 million in Absci, the Vancouver company that aims to use artificial intelligence to develop new drug therapies.

In late 2017, a small group of senior Nike employees gathered for brunch at a co-worker’s home in Portland’s West Hills. A ...

But when he realized his new home lacked a classical composers’ organization, he spearheaded the creation of a new one. In the 15 years since then, Cascadia Composers has thrived, growing into one of ...

This year’s Oregon Ducks football team and Coach Dan Lanning’s approach to coaching have taught me a great deal. At the beginning of the season, Lanning said he thought the Ducks had the right puzzle ...