The Public Utilities Commission directs three utilities to negotiate with Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. to put electricity onto the grid this summer, the first long-term power purchase agreements for tidal energy in the United States.

Scientists say harbor seals tend to give birth in May and June but this year, seal pup sightings were reported in March.

Authorities track down the former guard who allegedly killed his partner in Pittsburgh and made off with $2 million.

Hudson hears painful testimony about slain family MICHAEL TARM,Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson’s family members has resumed the Oscar-winner listening to a police officer’s painful description of finding her dead family members. Hudson sat next to her fiancé Tuesday as she did after […]

The U.S. Forest Service is warning hikers that the cows found frozen in a remote cabin may have contaminated hot springs nearby.

Pfc. Bradley Manning is charged with causing hundreds of thousands of classified war documents and diplomatic cables to be published on the WikiLeaks website.