The first major winter storm has hit the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, covering the area with snow and ice.

Black ice, snow showers and fog are pestering post-holiday travelers in the Midwest, while the Northeast is gearing up for its first major snowstorm of the season.

A federal appeals court says the government can continue requiring America’s lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices that report data back to authorities.

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, are being sent home, and those who will remain will not be on the streets.

The Democratic primary to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine looks different due to the decision of one candidate to drop out and join a different race with high stakes.

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland.

Deni Avdija had 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers erased a 22-point deficit in a 121-119 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

NBA staff members have met with congressional staffers to discuss the league’s relationship with sportsbooks.

A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday.

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is underway.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from pulling sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, dropping to its lowest level in more than a year.

Former Detroit Pistons star Chauncey Billups is facing charges in connection with a scheme to rig poker games that were backed by Mafia families, officials said.

A growing number of people protesting against President Donald Trump's administration are wearing inflatable costumes at rallies.

During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.

Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale.

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can take command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops.

Disney+ and Hulu subscription cancellations rose during the month that ABC briefly cancelled “Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois.

Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers.

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city.

Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities.

Armed federal agents are patrolling Chicago’s downtown streets and President Donald Trump has called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon.

President Donald Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon.

The survivors and family members of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history have refiled their lawsuit against the U.S. government following a new U.S. Department of Defense watchdog report that faults the U.S. Army for a high rate of failure to report violent threats by service members.

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid last week retreated significantly after surging to a nearly four-year high a week earlier.

Portland, Oregon, says it will issue a land use violation notice to the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.

President Donald Trump has threatened sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests.

A Maine principals' group is resisting a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking the names of all students playing interscholastic sports.

A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has reached plea deals with federal and state prosecutors.

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him.

A judge has denied a request from a network of Maine clinics to force the federal government to restore Medicaid funding.

Residents in the Western U.S. are enduring a heat wave with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage held steady this week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging sign for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs.

Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in The Standard Portland Classic.

Akie Iwai of Japan eagled the fifth hole and birdied the other three par 5s at Columbia Edgewater, shooting an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead in The Standard Portland Classic.

Jeongeun Lee5 shot a 6-under 67 on Friday to take the lead in The Standard Portland Classic, while 65-year-old Juli Inkster fell short in her bid to become the oldest player to make a cut in LPGA Tour history.

Juli Inkster played her first LPGA event in three years to face competition before the U.S. Senior Women's Open next week.

Two-time champion Brooke Henderson birdied all four par-5 holes for a 7-under 65 on Thursday in The Standard Portland Classic, leaving the slumping Canadian a stroke behind first-round leader Adela Cernousek.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 10 months.

Maine can’t enforce a voter-approved foreign election interference law that a federal appeals court says likely violates the Constitution by limiting political donations.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage has fallen to its lowest level in four months, welcome news for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs.

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A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a court days before it was set to go into effect.

Attorneys for the state of Maine and a conservative lawmaker who identified a transgender student athlete online are in agreement that the lawmaker’s lawsuit over her loss of voting rights is now moot.

Demonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump.

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In 1971, Oregon became the first state in the nation to pass a “bottle bill."

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The San Antonio Spurs have back-to-back rookie of the year award winners.

A Wisconsin teenager charged in the deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to “obtain the financial means” to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government.

The nation’s first women’s sports bar is flipping the script on one of the blunders from last year’s NCAA Tournament.

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The Trump administration is investigating Maine with a claim that dozens of school districts in the state violate federal law by withholding information about students’ gender transitioning from parents.

States with aggressive climate goals like Oregon are facing a conundrum.

Police in Oregon say they are working with the FBI to investigate gunshots fired at a Tesla dealership overnight.

Mortgage rates eased this week for the seventh week in a row, a trend that gives prospective home shoppers more financial flexibility just as the spring homebuying season gets going.

Another milestone awaits LeBron James: 50,000 NBA points.

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Heavy snow and freezing rain from Kentucky to the nation's capital caused hundreds of crashes and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark.

Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules were unnecessary and would bankrupt harvesters.

The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed a new baby elephant.

A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.

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A year after a panel blew out of a Boeing 737 Max during flight, the nation’s top aviation regulator says the company needs to change its culture and put safety above profits.

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An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide.

Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland.

The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes to seafood, one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy.

The East Coast is due for a whiplash-inducing rainy, windy and potentially dangerous stretch of weather.

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A devastating fire ripped through the Detroit home of Willie and Portland Huling last Friday, destroying everything they had built over 24 years on the city’s east side.

For Willie and Portland Huling, life changed instantly as the home they had lived in for more than 20 years, located on Grixdale Farms near Veach Street on Detroit’s northeast side, was consumed by flames.

A Delta Air Lines flight headed to Detroit from Maine on Sunday had to make an emergency landing due to mechanical issues.

Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District.

Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their next mayor.

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up calls for a winner to be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday night.

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The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose for the fifth straight week, returning to its highest level since early August.

Voters in two counties in Washington state and Oregon have not received mail-in ballots with less than a week to go before the election, election officials say.

Investigators say the man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks.

The Clark County auditor in southwest Washington state says about 475 damaged ballots were retrieved from a ballot box that was burned early Monday.

The suspected arson fires of ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington this week is a reminder of how the popular collection devices have been the subject of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election.

Incendiary devices have been set off at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland, Oregon, and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy."

A Michigan man is “one step closer to retirement” after a small $3 win turned into a massive Club Keno prize.

Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.

National Republicans and Democrats are keenly eyeing the Pacific Northwest, where two of the most competitive U.S. House races in the country are playing out.

Investigators say that air traffic controllers cleared one plane to take off after telling pilots of another plane to cross the same runway in Nashville last month.

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Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin and with it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider.

The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon's biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026.

Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board.

A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that requires Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is challenging a state antidiscrimination law.

A small plane carrying two people crashed into a row of townhouses Saturday morning near Portland.

Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday.

Federal authorities say new efforts to convert some types of commercial fishing to ropeless gear that is safer for rare whales will be supported by millions of dollars in funding.