PORTLAND, Ore. — This school year for Portland Public Schools will likely be three days shorter as the district attempts to plug a $14 million budget shortfall. Pending ratification by PPS board ...

Tayari Jones had a different kind of writer’s block. The bestselling author of “An American Marriage” and “Silver Sparrow” knows what it means to make magic on the page and in the classroom as a ...

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer DeAnna Melleby, Information Systems Security Officer for the Coast Guard Command, Control, Communication and Information Technology unit at Coast Guard Base ...

This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (aka Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on ...

In the late 19th century, few things telegraphed yearning like a card adorned with paper lace, gold foil and a couple exchanging a coy glance. Today, such a card would evoke an eye roll. The evolution ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It seems like ancient history now, but there was a first time when the Patriots and Seahawks met on the field in a Super Bowl. There was Tom Brady and Bill Belichick on one side ...

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...

FIRST ON FOX: Stanford University is promoting required reading courses that incorporate anti-ICE sentiments, racial identity politics and all-male drag shows, resulting in criticism from a leading ...

What are the chances that a new chapter for a family begins at the start of a new year? Some might call it coincidence, serendipity, fortuitous, or just good fortune. But for a handful of Bay Area ...

United States stock markets will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday. The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will both hold regular trading sessions on the final ...