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A federal appeals court has denied Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request for an expedited hearing on the state's controversial immigration law. Instead, the case has been scheduled for a hearing during the first week in November.

At least 25 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by wildfires sweeping through western Russia, authorities said Saturday.

The Army private charged with leaking an airstrike video and suspected of leaking documents to WikiLeaks is in solitary confinement, officials tell CNN.

Hundreds of people died when floodwaters swept away their mud homes in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The death toll from flood is now at least 800.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, a day after another moderate quake in the country's northeast left 170 people injured.

Thousands of people are expected to gather today for a memorial service a week after a stampede at a German music festival killed 21 people.

President Barack Obama hopes embattled New York congressman Charlie Rangel can end his career with dignity.

The data recorders for the plane that crashed and killed 152 people in Pakistan has been found, a government official said Saturday.

A senior Hamas member was killed during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Hamas security forces said Saturday.

Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire Saturday as flames encroached on power lines that provide electricity throughout the region.

A Medford man registered as a medical marijuana grower faces charges after police responding to a complaint on Thursday discovered he was growing more than the law allows.

Adroit Construction of Ashland has been awarded the contract to build Camelot Theatre Co.'s new performance center in downtown Talent.

An argument led to gunfire early Friday morning outside a west Medford Mexican restaurant and Medford police continue to work to unravel what happened.

JACKSONVILLE — City Councilwoman Linda Meyers has submitted a letter of resignation, after what she described as numerous confrontations with another council member.

Aseries of snafus around a five-day music, art and New Age festival near Redding, Calif., apparently torpedoed its ticket sales, left vendors unpaid and sent organizer Mystic Garden Party of Ashland scrambling to cover about $200,000 in debts.

Astudy that compared eight climate change scenarios to historic averages found that Ashland Creek flows would increase in spring but decrease in summer.

ASHLAND — Thirteen men and two women participated in an Ashland prostitution ring that used the Craigslist website to solicit business, police said Friday.

Oregon Rep. Sal Esquivel will speak at a rally tonight in Phoenix, Ariz., in support of that state's controversial immigration law.

Can you tell me anything about the history of the log cabins near the corner of Stewart Avenue and Thomas Road. They have been there ever since I can remember.

Assault — Nicole Kathlene Hertager, 38, of the 200 block of West Gregory Road, Central Point. A Jackson County sheriff's deputy Friday arrested Hertager on charges of fourth-degree felony assault.