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"We have not been exposed to this kind of emergency in 102 years," Gov. Wanda Vázquez says. The 6.4 magnitude quake left at least one person dead and knocked out most of the island's power.

Californians gave Gov. Jerry Brown and a coalition of Democrats, labor and big business an apparent victory Tuesday as early returns showed Proposition 6 — a constitutional amendment that would have repealed last year’s tax and vehicle fees and made it harder to enact such hikes in the future — trailing by a wide margin. … Continue reading Gas Tax Repeal Appears to Be Headed for Defeat →

The founder of the Oath Keepers militia had a phone call with a member of the group who minutes later took part in a military-style "stack" formation to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors say five defendants "took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6, 2021. Defendants' lawyers tell jurors their clients didn't plan the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Water tests by the state environmental agency did not find dangerous levels of a corrosive chemical, after a leak from an asphalt plant led to a citywide drinking water ban beginning Dec. 14.

The Food and Drug Administration has started testing randomly selected fresh herbs and prepared guacamole. So far, the agency has found dangerous bacteria in 3 to 6 percent of the samples it tested.

Because of the partial government shutdown, a great number of federal workers are furloughed or working without pay. President Trump has ordered a freeze in 2019 federal employee salary rates.

As of Tuesday, 20 Oregon counties will be able to give vaccines to farmworkers, people who are unsheltered and other vulnerable populations ahead of the statewide timeline for distribution.

Federal health officials could reduce the quarantine from the currently recommended 14 days to as few as seven for people who test negative for the virus.

Now that people age 65 and over are eligible for vaccination, large health care providers are receiving a flurry of calls about when and where. The wait times are ... long, report their customers.