The pace of the increase in gasoline prices has slowed, as the nationwide average approaches a new high for the year. The average price of self-serve regular Friday is $2.72 a gallon, according to AAA. Today's national average price of diesel fuel is $2.883, up a penny ...

The judge who sentenced an Oregon couple to prison Monday for the death of their son says members of their church must quit relying on faith healing when their children's lives are at stake. "The fact is, too many children have died unnecessarily — a graveyard full ...

Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and bean bags from shotguns and boats. Now they are resorting to issuing death sentences to the most chronic offenders. A California sea lion ...

Oregon state treasurer Ben Westlund, who helped stabilize the Oregon college savings plan after one of its managers posted big losses, has died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 60. Westlund served 12 years in the Oregon Legislature, first as a Republican ...