The Latest Breaking News from Grants Pass

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Some of the most powerful conservative judges in the United States took collective aim Wednesday at the idea that homeless people with nowhere else to go have a right to sleep in public, excoriating their liberal colleagues for ruling as much.

Police converged in force on the tiny, unincorporated community of Wolf Creek in southwest Oregon the night of Jan. 26 as they hunted for a suspect who was wanted for kidnapping and torturing a woman nearly to death

Benjamin Foster, 36, died in hospital after the standoff in Grants Pass, Oregon

Suspect Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday night just hours after being taken into custody in Grants Pass, Oregon, US

A suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being taken into custody following a standoff with law enforcement, a police spokesman said.

A woman who was held captive and tortured in Oregon remains in critical condition as police chase dozens of tips on the whereabouts of the felon charged in the attack

Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is wanted by Oregon police for kidnapping, attempted murder and assault

Benjamin Obadiah Foster is wanted for attempted murder, kidnapping and assault of a female found severely beaten and bound

Police say a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in Oregon, and who was convicted in Nevada of keeping another woman in captivity, is using dating apps to try to find unsuspecting people to help him escape a police manhunt or find new victims

Police in southern Oregon are searching for a man accused of torturing a woman he held captive less than two years after he was convicted in Nevada of critically injuring another woman he held captive for two weeks