Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

NATIONAL NEWS

Fast-moving wildfires burn in central Oregon, in photos

Jul 25, 2026, 4:24 PM | Updated: 8:08 pm

An air tanker drops retardant while battling the Bench fire on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Jefferso...

An air tanker drops retardant while battling the Bench fire on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Jefferson County, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Associated Press's Profile Picture

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS


Wind-driven wildfires burned across central Oregon, where firefighters worked to contain fast-moving flames threatening nearby communities.

___

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

National News

FILE - Department of Elections workers sort mail-in ballots for the California primary election at ...

Associated Press

US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter list

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that in nearly half of U.S. states halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list. The ruling Saturday by judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected […]

43 minutes ago

The sun beams down on a lifeguard while she watches over a beach at Lake Harriet during an extreme ...

Associated Press

Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day

Tens of millions of people are under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity grip large swaths of the country for a second straight day. Heat indices exceeding 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 Celsius) were forecast from Memphis to Montana to Las Vegas. […]

1 hour ago

Associated Press

Federal officials investigate after a video appears to show a person kicking a California sea lion

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California. A spokesperson for the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries confirmed an ongoing investigation into the incident but declined to provide additional details Sunday. The video appears […]

2 hours ago

FILE - Cooling tower three with one and two in the background operate at the nuclear reactor facili...

Associated Press

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to and that has been adopted around the world. Currently, facilities such as nuclear plants, hospitals or academic institutions that use radioactive materials must ensure radiation exposures are […]

4 hours ago

Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a campaign rally on Saturday, July 18, 2026, in St. Lou...

Associated Press

Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott case over slavery was argued in 1847, former Rep. Cori Bush portrayed her ouster from Congress as another historic setback set to be reversed. “We’re standing here saying, send back that descendant, send her back to the place that enslaved […]

6 hours ago

FILE - Cargo containers line a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, ...

Associated Press

A forced-labor crackdown or an end-run around Congress? Dissecting Trump’s new tariffs

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has imposed double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to levy import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,” “unreasonable” or “discriminatory” trade practices. The new tariffs announced in recent days take effect just as temporary […]

7 hours ago

Fast-moving wildfires burn in central Oregon, in photos