Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It's been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with ...

As of September 1, 2024, there are 17 states with clear deflection pathways articulated in state law, steering people with substance use and/or mental health disorders away from incarceration, ...

At a work session Tuesday morning, Multnomah County commissioners deliberated over potential changes to the county's drug deflection regime, a response to the program's lackluster first year. The ...

Scene from The hypocrite, engraving from a painting by Robert Smirke (1753-1845), illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LIV, January 30, 1869. There is one psychological ...

Pointing a finger at the other is a curious and persistent defense mechanism for the guilty. We try to teach our kids not to tattle, but also to be true to themselves. But sometimes the tattling is a ...

Several years ago, I went to the Saddle Ranch on Sunset Boulevard and decided it would be a great idea to ride the mechanical bull. Winston Source: Image by Nancy Wong on Wikimedia Commons Once I ...