Beaverton, Ore. (KATU/CNN) — John Ekman kissed the carpet at Portland International Airport on Thursday after finally returning home from a nightmare. Ekman, who was jailed in Dominican Republic said, “I feel incredibly lucky to live in the United States ...

Oregon ranks number 1 for the 3rd consecutive year as the “Top Moving Destination” in the country for 2015, according to a study by United Van Lines. The survey says 69 percent of people moving in Oregon moved in to ...

A new analysis says many Oregonians get into the holiday spirit all year round, ranking the fourth most charitable state in the country. That’s according to personal finance website WalletHub. The site looked at eight different criteria including volunteer rate, percentage ...

“December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.” Just before eight o’clock on a Sunday morning, nearly 400 Japanese warplanes attacked the home port of the United States Pacific Fleet. The results were devastating. Five battleships, three destroyers and ...

You won’t be seeing advertisements for marijuana in newspapers any time soon. The US Postal Service issued a statement in late November about delivering mail with ads about marijuana, saying that mail would be non-mailable. Marijuana is classified as a ...

The flow of immigration from Mexico to the United States appears to be reversing. A Pew Research Center report finds more Mexicans are now departing south, rather than immigrants coming in. The study found about one million Mexicans and their ...

(NBC News) Washington is on alert in the wake of last week’s Paris attacks, the recent ISIS threat to attack the United States capitol. Still, experts say hitting the United States might be difficult. “We’ve got certain advantages. Geography for ...

(NBC News) More than a half dozen governors say Syrian refugees are no longer welcome in their states following last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Debate over the refugee issue has intensified following reports that a Syrian passport was found ...

 What will everyone be wearing this Halloween? According to the National Retail Federation’s Halloween top costumes survey, a witch tops the list for the eleventh year in a row for adult costumes. More than 4.3 million adults plan on going ...

(NBC) After greeting excited children outside his embassy and thousands of followers waiting to see him, Pope Francis arrived at the Nations Capital. He met with lawmakers,then delivered a simple message to Congress: Get along! “We must move forward together, ...

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