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The cancer-stricken winner of the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon will get a $422 million lump-sum after taxes and says he'll keep playing the lottery
Cheng Saephan, 46, is a Laos-born immigrant battling cancer who won the Powerball jackpot. He says …
Matthew Loh
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I'm a single mom of 3 living in Anguilla. My kids are safer than in the US and there's a bigger sense of community.
Vanessa Croft grew up between the US and Anguilla. When she had kids, she decided to stay in Anguil…
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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I've been out as transgender in the US military for a decade, and I don't have any regrets
Sgt. Cathrine Schmid shares her journey as a trans soldier in the Army, detailing struggles with dy…
Ella Sherman
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'Where's the damn paper?' An Oregon newspaper said it's laying off staff after an employee embezzled thousands of dollars
The paper said the theft it learned of in late December has left its finances "in shambles."
Rebecca Ungarino
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Rock climber plotted to kill people at popular mountaineering event in Oregon, police say
Police found several weapons in the vehicle of Samson Zebturiah Garner. It was alleged he planned t…
Sophia Ankel
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iPhone's SOS satellite feature helped rescue a family of hikers lost in a freezing Oregon forest, says report
Family of six, including two children, activated iPhone's SOS via satellite feature after they beca…
Rebecca Rommen
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Planned US arms transfer to Israel of 2,000-pound block-busting bombs branded 'obscene' hypocrisy by Bernie Sanders as criticism builds
The Biden Administration has authorized the transfer of more than 1,800 2,000-pound bombs to Israel…
Nathan Rennolds
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Maui's animal shelters shipped more than 100 pets to Oregon to make room for animals injured in the wildfires
Over 130 cats and dogs from Maui animal shelters were relocated to Portland, Oregon, after the Hawa…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Oregon is giving homeless young people $1,000 a month to get back on their feet. Here's how it's going.
The Oregon basic income program is one of dozens nationwide aimed at reducing poverty and homeless.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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I left a red state and moved to a blue state. The politics and lack of healthcare in Texas drove me back to Oregon.
Jules Rogers moved to Texas for work but left after two years. The state's gun laws and women's hea…
Jules Rogers
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A thrift store called the cops after someone donated a WWII grenade they'd been using as a paperweight
"Well, you never know what you can find when thrifting and yesterday proved that to be true," the A…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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A retiree realized he won $8.4 million after checking his lottery ticket a month after the winning numbers were pulled
Oregon retiree David Schultze finally checked his lottery ticket on Friday and found out he won $8.…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Up to 10 hospital patients in Oregon died from tap water injections instead of fentanyl: report
Police are investigating a series of deaths at an Oregon hospital reportedly caused by infections f…
Rebecca Rommen
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Oregon police find stolen two-story tiny house while investigating man's property on unrelated charges
A stolen 1979 Corsair Trailer Coach travel trailer that had been customized into a tiny home was un…
Jordan Hart
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A rare wolverine was spotted outside its natural habitat by a bystander in Oregon for the first time since 1969
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed a wolverine sighting after a bystander caught …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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After racist threats forced a Southeast Asian restaurant to close down, the owner reopened a new restaurant as an homage to his immigrant parents
The stereotype of Asians eating dogs is rooted in outdated beliefs.
Yoonji Han
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A 91-year-old Oregon grocery-store clerk says she may finally retire after raising money on GoFundMe
Betty Glover has worked for seven straight decades yet can afford to retire only with the help of a…
Peter Gelling
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I'm a millennial who's never having kids. I don't take the decision lightly, but there are too many risks.
Jules Rogers, a millennial, and her partner are married and have decided not to have children. The …
Jules Rogers
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Researchers mapped the damage in Gaza, and more than a third of the buildings have been wrecked as the war moves south
Israeli forces have dropped tens of thousands of bombs across the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 Hamas…
Jake Epstein
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An Oregon State University bomb threat involving food delivery robots had some students feeling sympathy — for the machines
Starship Technologies, the company behind the campus food robots, said a student prank was behind t…