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Phoenix is clearing people out of the city's biggest homeless encampment

Phoenix is clearing the encampment known as The Zone to comply with a court order. Another ruling orders the city to provide somewhere for unsheltered people to go. The question is where will they go?

Nate Coulter, executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), looks at a book in the main branch of the public library in downtown Little Rock, Ark., on May 23, 2023. Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors, a federal judge ruled Saturday, July 29.

An Arkansas judge has blocked a law targeting librarians over 'harmful' books

Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors.

Furloughed FDA worker Jonathan Derr drums outside a Washington, D.C., Metro station to earn cash during the government shutdown

Furloughed FDA Worker Hits The Streets To Drum Up Extra Cash

Jonathan Derr of Silver Spring, Md., works for the Food and Drug Administration. Last week, he was one of the estimated 800,000 federal workers furloughed because of the partial government shutdown.

High Pressure Is The Culprit For South Valley Fog

The South Willamette Valley has been blanketed in fog and clouds with an air stagnation advisory in place for more than a week.At the Oregon Coast Monday,…

Joshua Guirguis saw a vapor tracer race across the sky in Marlton, N.J.

Green, Violet, Oh My: NASA Rocket Launch Lights Up Eastern Skies

The mission, to study energy transfer in space, had a brilliant upshot for nighttime viewers. East Coasters saw the green and violet vapor clouds glowing above — and have the pictures to prove it.

Microsoft Picks Insider Nadella As CEO; Gates Takes New Role

Satya Nadella has been with Microsoft since 1992. Most recently, he led the company's "cloud and enterprise" group. Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder, will no longer be the company's chairman. He's going to be a "technology adviser" to Nadella.

In this photo released by the National Park Service, park staff assess the damage to Biscuit Basin boardwalks after a hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on Tuesday.

A hydrothermal explosion sends Yellowstone visitors running

A video posted on Facebook showed park visitors running from a massive black cloud as it rose. Hydrothermal explosions happen when water suddenly turns into steam underground.

Washington, Oregon, California Heath Alliance

West Coast Wave: Three states go it alone against HHS vaccine rules

On this edition we talk with OPB's Amelia Templeton and The Oregonian's Kristine de Leon about the three west coast states, going it alone to develop their own vaccine guidelines - against the guidance of the Health and Human Services department.

Missouri farmer Gary Riedel says wet weather will put him about a month behind last year's planting.

For Corn, Fickle Weather Makes For Uncertain Yields

Corn production was down last year thanks to drought. This year, conditions are too cold and wet for farmers to plant the crop. Without a break in the clouds pretty soon, there may be another shortage of the crop at harvest time.

In the Tuesday order, President Trump suggested such software poses "an unacceptable risk to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."

Trump Orders Ban On Chinese Software Apps, Citing Potential Espionage

The order, which takes effect in 45 days, says the apps use "personal electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers" to "access and capture vast swaths of information from users."

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