A judge pressed lawyers on whether Portland jail officials did enough to protect inmates as tear gas seeped in from nearby ...

Multnomah County is the latest local government to join a lawsuit over federal grant conditions tied to controversial ...

The 2011 fatal shooting of Deondrae Clark, 25, spurred a series of what police at the time said were gang retaliation ...

The man who killed a 40-year-old woman last year while cleaning his gun was sentenced Friday to eight years and three months ...

Amid reports that Trump-designated “border czar” Tom Homan wants to visit Portland, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday ...

A demoted Multnomah County employee has filed a civil rights suit against the county and her former bosses alleging they retaliated against her for complaining about unsafe conditions caused by large ...

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Plaintiffs claim oil and gas companies nnew years ago that carbon emissions would lead to climate-related disasters.

A new lawsuit filed against the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office claims that the officers "forcibly" removed hijabs from two Muslim women and photographed them without the head coverings while in ...

The plaintiffs include Amir’Whadi Hassan and Niaz Khoshnaw, who are serving sentences for second-degree assault and murder, ...

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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The case against Michael Bivins was decided Thursday afternoon, with Bivins found guilty of all 11 ...