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The Supreme Court appeared hesitant Monday to draw sharp lines about when local governments can criminalize public camping.

Justices consider constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outside as western states seek to address encampments

Lower courts ruled it's "cruel and unusual" to fine or jail people on public land if no shelter is available. An Oregon city says that's hamstrung efforts to keep public spaces safe and open to all.

Grants Pass, Oregon's homelessness crisis and legal battle over encampments draw national attention and spark debate on effective solutions.

Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.

Plus: the Supreme Court weighs housing fees and homelessness, YIMBYs bet on smaller, more focused reforms, and a new paper finds legalizing more housing does in fact bring costs down.

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.