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Split our state in three / Where's the map? Whoops, nevermind. / The court threw it out.-- Damian Carroll, #haikutheprops

The Trump administration blames unfavorable judicial rulings for encouraging an increase in illegal crossings.

The 2020 presidential election is less than a month away, with voting already underway in some parts of the country. Regina Lawrence, associate dean of the University of Oregon’s journalism school, specializes in political communication. She says the news media’s coverage of the presidential campaigns has improved compared with the 2016 election. However, she says reporters and editors are still grappling with the challenge of covering misinformation, propaganda and outright lies without appearing partisan.

Over 30 million people in the U.S. have hearing loss. Neuroscientist Jim Hudspeth explains how the ear's thousands of hair cells function to amplify sound—and how they can be damaged but not repaired.

At age 55, Elizabeth White lost her job--and her entire safety net--in the 2008 recession. Her story isn't uncommon. White says, now more older adults are pushed out of their jobs and into poverty.

The news comes three weeks after the hospital faced backlash for allowing teachers and staff at an affluent Los Gatos school district to skip the line for COVID-19 vaccines by pretending to be health care workers.

The rate of coronavirus infections has sharply declined in most California state prisons since a dramatic spike in January, but protecting inmates remains a challenge.

Redemption House Ministries in Prineville runs two shelters for people experiencing homelessness and also provides meals to anyone in need. The food is served at the nonprofit’s cafe, known as Craig’s Compassionate Café, at a charge of $.50 per meal or people can trade a chore for a meal. The cafe has been closed during the pandemic but recently reopened to resume its mission.

For more than 30 years, Eugene's CAHOOTS program has been in place for situations that don’t need an armed police response, like mental health crises, overdoses and homelessness. Once dispatched, workers go to the location of someone in crisis and determine how they can connect the person with social services or other resources they need. The program has gotten a lot of national attention this year.

Marine biologist Marah Hardt is fascinated with the mating habits of marine life. If we want to save the oceans, she says we have to understand the weird and whimsical sex that helps populate it.