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Katherine Patterson, a single mother with a 3-year-old son, who lives in Kenner, La., lost her job last March and has had trouble since paying rent.

States Try To Push Out Billions Of Emergency Rental Aid To Families

Congress approved $25 billion in emergency rental assistance to keep people housed during the pandemic, but states are facing glitches on the federal moratorium for renters and landlords.

Katie Engelhart details the right-to-die movement in her new book,<em> The Inevitable</em>. She says that many patients in the U.S. are forced to act alone, without telling friends and family, because they fear their loved ones will be prosecuted after the fact.

Inside The Fight For The Right To Die: Logistical And Ethical Challenges

Katie Engelhart explores the complexity of physician-assisted death in the book The Inevitable. She says patients seeking to end their own lives sometimes resort to veterinary drugs from overseas.

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivers a speech in Geneva last year. A Supreme Court justice on Monday annulled corruption convictions against him, citing a court's lack of jurisdiction.

Brazil Supreme Court Justice Annuls Corruption Conviction Against Former President

The move could pave the way for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to run against an increasingly vulnerable President Jair Bolsonaro in next year's election.

Southwest Airlines Touching Down In Eugene Later This Year

A new carrier is coming to the Eugene Airport: Southwest Airlines.Specifics are still being worked out, but it’s expected that the airline will begin in…

Michigan officials are using the Centers for Disease Control's social vulnerability index to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, but some argue this is the wrong way to decide who gets to go to the front of the line.

Michigan Officials Wrestle With How To Ethically Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines

As Michigan prioritizes vaccines for the state's most vulnerable populations, some not in that category are complaining that using data that way is unfair. Others see racism in the pushback.

Robin Witherspoon holds up her Sumner High School senior yearbook from 1981. Alumni like Witherspoon are fighting to keep the historic school open.

St. Louis' Sumner High Facing Possible Closure; Tina Turner, Others Attended

Sumner High School, founded in 1875, may face closure. It's graduated folks such as Tina Turner and Chuck Berry, as well as comedian Dick Gregory. Several Tuskegee Airmen also attended the school.

Thousands of snow geese take flight near Conway, Wash., in 2019. The Biden administration is reversing a policy under former President Donald Trump that drastically weakened protections for most U.S. bird species.

Biden Moves To Make It Illegal (Again) To Accidentally Kill Migratory Birds

The changes will restore protections that were taken away under former President Donald Trump. But they will take time, and wildlife advocates say many bird species already face a risk of extinction.

Dr. Francis Collins, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci are two of the most public faces of the U.S. fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In The '24th Mile' Of A Marathon, Fauci And Collins Reflect On Their Pandemic Year

Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health discuss their fight against "egregious" distortions of reality and when they think life will start to feel more normal.

Lane County Moves To Moderate COVID-19 Risk Level

As of Friday, Lane County will move from the High to Moderate risk level for COVID-19 transmission. This change will affect restaurants and retail, along…

Job growth returned to Oregon in January

The state's unemployment rate barely budged, but jobs started coming back again.

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