Police in Portland, Maine, responded to the city's largest homeless encampment on Thursday to investigate a death, according ...

On their first night, they feasted on jerk chicken, fufu and turnip greens. Thursday night’s meal was still big topic of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice are throwing their support behind a church in the southern Oregon coastal town of Brookings that was told by city officials to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and ...

Nasar Zackaria didn't know it was Thanksgiving until mid-morning on Thursday. Zackaria, 29, is homeless and currently living at the encampment in Portland's Harbor View Park. It's hard to keep track ...

Last weekend, two people in Portland and Sanford were found dead after their tents caught on fire. State officials are still working to determine the cause and manner of those deaths.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home ...

There are 4,258 homeless people in Maine, according to the U.S. Census — a number that has quadrupled since 2021. The growth in homelessness in Maine mirrors a national trend that began in 2016.

More cities across the U.S. are cracking down on homeless tent encampments that have grown more visible and become unsafe PORTLAND, Ore. -- Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a ...