A referendum on Oregon's primary ballot seeking to repeal a Democratic gas tax increase is complicating the affordability message central to the party's midterm election strategy.

Tesla is recalling 173 Cybertrucks because cracking in the rotor could cause the wheel stud to separate from the wheel hub, increasing the risk of a crash and injury.

A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

Victor Wembanyama had 17 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks and the San Antonio Spurs never trailed in eliminating the Portland Trail Blazers 114-95 on Tuesday night in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks in his return from a concussion and the San Antonio Spurs took a 3-1 lead in their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers with a 114-93 victory.

After San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama returned from a concussion to play in Game 4 of the team’s first round series against the Portland Trail Blazers, he said he was disappointed with how the process was handled.

With Victor Wembanyama absent because of a concussion, the San Antonio Spurs' young players stepped up for a 120-108 victory over the Trail Blazers.

Stephon Castle had 33 points and the San Antonio Spurs overcame the absence of Victor Wembanyama to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-108 on Friday night for a 2-1 series lead.

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama did not play Friday night in Game 3 against Portland in the teams’ first-round playoff series while he continued to recover from a concussion.

Tesla's profit rose in the first quarter as its car sales rebounded from a sharp slump in 2025.

PepsiCo’s price cuts and some new products improved demand for its snacks in the first quarter.

There are 10 teams done for the season.

Portland, which is welcoming a WNBA team back in the city after 24 years, selected veteran forward Bridget Carleton with the first pick in the league’s expansion draft on Friday.

A Portland soccer tournament brought girls from immigrant and refugee families together to push back against fear tied to federal immigration enforcement.

Hundreds of employees at one of the U.S. Navy’s biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike.

The NBA’s process of finding new ways to deter teams from tanking is currently focused around three separate concepts to change the draft lottery, two people with knowledge of the discussions surrounding the issue tell The Associated Press.

An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

The WNBA will hold an expansion draft for its new franchises in Portland and Toronto on April 3.

Texas has become the first team in five years to go from the NCAA Tournament’s First Four to the Sweet 16.

Forty games into the NCAA Tournament, fans hoping to fill out a perfect bracket were a respectable 2 for 26,587,885.

High Point’s bracket-busting NCAA Tournament upset has put the spotlight on the private school in North Carolina that offers some unusual perks for its student body.

Family matters at High Point, enough that coach Chelsea Banbury has no problem with assistant Katie Clayman missing the Panthers’ last practice before their NCAA Tournament opener.

The former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war is denying allegations that he improperly shared classified information.

The NCAA Tournament brackets have already been busted for millions of college basketball fans.

Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information.

High Point head coach Flynn Clayman is navigating the NCAA Tournament with his wife Katie Clayman, an assistant with the Panthers’ women’s team that is also tournament-bound.

The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, is forecasting annual retail sales will grow at a faster clip this year than last year, citing consumers’ resilience despite lots of economic volatility.

The NBA may move a step closer to adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas next week when expansion will be again discussed by the league’s board of governors, two people with knowledge of the matter tell The Associated Press.

The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin.

Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the facility.

A Bangladeshi man accused of using social media to trick teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images — and then threatening to share them with their friends and family if they didn’t send more — has been transported to Alaska to face federal charges.

Maine’s catch of lobsters has declined for the fourth straight year as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean.

The FBI is investigating “suspicious activities” on an internal system that the bureau says contains sensitive information related to surveillance operations and investigations.

Nikola Jokic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 29 1/2 minutes and the Denver Nuggets routed Portland 157-103 on Friday night for the most points on the road in franchise history and the most in an NBA game this season.

PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government's claims for damages stemming from six wildfires in Oregon and California.

A Portland, Oregon, company is recalling nearly 3.4 million pounds of frozen chicken fried rice products sold at Trader Joe's stores and in Canada.

A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing whales.

Residents of an affordable housing complex across from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, have testified in a lawsuit seeking to limit federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the building.

The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months.

There wasn’t one specific thing coach Mark Few could point to in trying to explain Gonzaga’s struggles against Portland.

Joel Foxwell scored 27 points and Portland upset No. 6 Gonzaga 87-80, giving the Pilots their first victory over a top-10 team and snapping the Bulldogs’ 15-game winning streak.

The Golden State Warriors have found their dependable big man by acquiring Kristaps Porzingis from Atlanta and have granted forward Jonathan Kuminga his wish to be traded.

A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape.

PepsiCo is cutting prices on Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos chips in an effort to win back consumers exasperated by rising prices.

The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t going out of business after all, but it is leaving Maine for the big city.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says immigration officials have ceased their enhanced operations in the state.

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state.

Federal prosecutors say a Pentagon contractor has been indicted on charges that he illegally handled classified national defense information that he took home from work and later gave to a news reporter.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time numbers and information about detainees amid a sweeping enforcement operation, saying the state has been left in the dark as fear spreads in immigrant communities.

Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week.

The U.S. housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025, as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low with rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates keeping many prospective home shoppers shut out of the market.

JPMorgan Chase is reporting a 9% rise in adjusted profits for the fourth quarter, benefiting from a strong economy in both consumer and investment banking.

The FBI says in a court document that it has found no surveillance or other video of a Border Patrol agent shooting and wounding two people in a pickup truck during an immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, last week.

Some celebrities have donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes ceremony in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis this week.

Kevin Durant passed Wilt Chamberlain for seventh on the NBA's career scoring list when he made a 3-pointer for the Houston Rockets in the third quarter of their 111-105 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The head of the FBI’s New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his departure last week.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has asked the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office.

Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon.

President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

The first major winter storm has hit the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, covering the area with snow and ice.

Black ice, snow showers and fog are pestering post-holiday travelers in the Midwest, while the Northeast is gearing up for its first major snowstorm of the season.

A federal appeals court says the government can continue requiring America’s lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices that report data back to authorities.

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, are being sent home, and those who will remain will not be on the streets.

The Democratic primary to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine looks different due to the decision of one candidate to drop out and join a different race with high stakes.

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland.

Deni Avdija had 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers erased a 22-point deficit in a 121-119 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

NBA staff members have met with congressional staffers to discuss the league’s relationship with sportsbooks.

A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday.

A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is underway.

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from pulling sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, dropping to its lowest level in more than a year.

A growing number of people protesting against President Donald Trump's administration are wearing inflatable costumes at rallies.

During an annual fall event where giant elephants smash massive pumpkins, a baby elephant was too small to crush the largest gourds, which weigh around 1,000 pounds.

Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale.

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can take command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops.

Disney+ and Hulu subscription cancellations rose during the month that ABC briefly cancelled “Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration.

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois.

Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers.

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city.

Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities.

Armed federal agents are patrolling Chicago’s downtown streets and President Donald Trump has called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon.

President Donald Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon.

Australian scientists have tested bite-resistant wetsuits by letting sharks bite them at sea.

The survivors and family members of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history have refiled their lawsuit against the U.S. government following a new U.S. Department of Defense watchdog report that faults the U.S. Army for a high rate of failure to report violent threats by service members.

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid last week retreated significantly after surging to a nearly four-year high a week earlier.

Portland, Oregon, says it will issue a land use violation notice to the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.

President Donald Trump has threatened sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests.

A Maine principals' group is resisting a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking the names of all students playing interscholastic sports.

A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has reached plea deals with federal and state prosecutors.

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 has pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him.

A judge has denied a request from a network of Maine clinics to force the federal government to restore Medicaid funding.

Residents in the Western U.S. are enduring a heat wave with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage held steady this week at its lowest level in nearly 10 months, an encouraging sign for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs.

Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in The Standard Portland Classic.