Bears are sparking surprise and action in headlines from coast to coast. This list of stories outlines harrowing close-calls ...

The west end entrance to Columbia Park Trail was closed for several hours on Sunday while police investigated.

A shooting left a 13-year-old boy dead and another injured, Oregon officials said. On April 27, Gresham officers got reports ...

A fisherman reeled in a strange-looking sea creature with hairy claws from an Oregon river, wildlife officials said. It ended ...

“KFC sells hundreds of thousands of buckets of fried chicken each Mother’s Day, making it one of its most popular days of the ...

The nurse was conducting rounds when she was choked and slammed to the ground by the patient, authorities say.

A man killed his 75-year-old wife because he didn’t want her to die in a nursing home instead, Missouri authorities say. A ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...

A Powerball player just missed a massive jackpot prize — but still scored a big windfall in North Carolina. The player bought ...

I look forward to carefully reviewing the budgets line by line over the next few weeks,” said Gov. Bob Ferguson.

Washington lawmakers on Sunday honored the late state Sen. Bill Ramos, an Issaquah Democrat who died suddenly April 19 while ...

The man and teen were charged with “homicide and weapons offenses” in connection with the death of the father, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said in an April 24 news release. The teen was ...