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A man named Frank sits in his tent with a river view in Portland, Ore., in 2021. A lawsuit originally filed in 2018 on behalf of homeless people in the Oregon city of Grants Pass is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court in April. Paula Bronstein/AP hide caption toggle caption Paula Bronstein/AP A […]
CNN — The nervous 11-year-old showed up at Peter Mutabazi’s doorstep around 3 a.m., wearing blue pajamas and a gray Batman blanket over his shoulders. He carried a duffel bag holding a sweater, a pair of sneakers and not much else. A . . .
CNN — The nervous 11-year-old showed up at Peter Mutabazi’s doorstep around 3 a.m., wearing blue pajamas and a gray Batman blanket over his shoulders. He carried a duffel bag holding a sweater, a pair of sneakers and not much else. A social worker had called Mutabazi hours earlier to tell him about the boy, […]
Listen to article (2 minutes) The number of homeless people counted on streets and in shelters around the U.S. has broadly risen this year, according to a Wall Street Journal review of data from around the nation. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & . . .
The death of a New York City subway rider who was placed in a chokehold by another passenger on Monday was ruled a homicide, the city’s medical examiner confirmed on Wednesday evening. The man who died, Jordan Neely, was homeless and had been screaming at passengers when the other rider wrapped his arms around Mr. […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the start of the long Easter weekend, the airport in Argentina’s capital is eerily quiet before dawn, hours before it will fill with travelers. About 100 people who sleep inside the facility are getting ready to start their day. One of them is Ángel Gómez, who has been living […]
To the Editor: Re “A Homeless Camp Crisis at a Sandwich Shop’s Door,” by Eli Saslow (front page, March 19): Mr. Saslow very articulately describes the explosion of homelessness in Phoenix and other cities across the country. But the crisis he describes is as much caused by the decline in the availability of mental health […]
By Joel Guinto & Marita Moloney BBC News 14 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Video shows fire engulfing part of the camp, destroying shelters made from bamboo and tarpaulin Bangladesh authorities are investigating the cause of a massive fire in a Rohingya refugee camp […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – The Black Hills Regional Homeless Coalition, supported by Volunteers of America, was tasked this year to conduct a Point in Time, or PIT Count, to get an accurate head count of those living without a home in the Rapid City community. These counts are required by the U.S. Department of […]
Many San Franciscans who don’t have permanent homes struggled to stay dry and access inclement weather resources in January amid historic storms that killed at least 19 people statewide and brought heavy rain and winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour across the Bay Area. San Francisco took steps to get ahead of the […]