Clinton, Sanders hit final stretch of nominating contest
US Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders now turn their attention to the final stretch of the nominating contest after each picked up wins Tuesday...
Oregon
Last four occupiers surrender at Oregon wildlife refuge
By Jimmy Urquhart The four holdouts in an armed protest at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered on Thursday, with the last occupier repeatedly...
Oregon occupation leader Bundy urges remaining protesters to go home
By Peter Henderson The leader of a month-long armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon on Wednesday urged remaining protesters to leave the...
FBI sets up checkpoints around Oregon refuge after deadly confrontation (Updated)
By Peter Henderson US and state officials in Oregon on Wednesday set up checkpoints around Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where an armed group pledged to...
UK man gets 20 years in US prison over Oregon militant camp
By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax A mentally ill British man who US authorities said helped try to set up a training camp in Oregon...
Gunman kills 9 at Oregon college, dies in shootout with police (Updated)
A gunman stalked onto an Oregon college campus on Thursday and opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven before police shot him to death,...
Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales
By Courtney Sherwood The sale of marijuana for recreational use began in Oregon on Thursday as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the...
Wildfire smoke fouls air across U.S. Northwest
By Eric M. Johnson Wildfires burning across several arid states in the U.S. Northwest on Wednesday have blanketed much of the region with unhealthy, smoky...
Oregon legalizes recreational marijuana as campaign spreads
Smoking and growing small amounts of marijuana became legal in Oregon on Wednesday, as a growing legalization movement spread down the United States’ west coast....
Three teens, man shot outside Portland, Oregon, high school
By Shelby Sebens Three teenagers and a 20-year-old man were shot and wounded on Friday outside a Portland, Oregon, high school when a gunman thought...
