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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.

Coming 2 America, Sounds Of Zamunda: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Six artists representing four countries in Africa perform a megamix of selections from Rhythms of Zamunda: Music Inspired By Coming 2 America.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law a bill banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark <em>Roe v. Wade</em> decision.

Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — And A Possible 'Roe V. Wade' Test

The law does not allow any exceptions in situations of rape or incest — only when it is necessary to save the life or preserve the health of the fetus or mother.

Faith groups are deeply split over the Equality Act. Evangelicals, Catholics, Latter-day Saints and Orthodox Jews say it limits religious freedom. Mainline Protestants and other progressive faith groups support it.

Some Faith Leaders Call Equality Act Devastating; For Others, It's God's Will

Some religious groups fear the Equality Act could undermine the freedom to exercise traditional faith beliefs. Other denominations say anti-LGBTQ discrimination cannot be tolerated.

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