Homeless

THE KIDD CREOLE Rap Legend Convicted of Manslaughter 4/6/2022 6:31 PM PT The Kidd Creole -- a rap pioneer from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five -- has been convicted in the stabbing death of a homeless man. Manhattan D.A. Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced Wednesday a New York supreme…

On Wednesday, a Manhattan jury needed little time finding rap pioneer Kidd Creole guilty of first-degree manslaughter for stabbing a homeless man to death more than four years ago. The panel reached its decision just hours after lawyers on both sides presented their closing arguments. When the verdict was announced,…

Cynthia, one of the residents of a homeless encampment in Manhattan's East Village, holds a sign that reads, "There are more empty homes than homeless folk. When the NYPD and sanitation workers showed up at a homeless encampment in Manhattan’s East Village Wednesday morning to clear the residents’ belongings and…

A homeless man who had previously been convicted for rape was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison for repeating the crime. The Pretoria magistrate's court sentenced 37-year-old Nkosinathi Seepe to 15 years for robbery and three years for assault. The sentences will run concurrently. Seepe raped a 39-year-old woman he…

Homelessness charity Crisis Skylight Oxford is based at the Old Fire Station arts centre and used to run the busy cafe which looks out onto George Street. But the pandemic led to the charity re-evaluating its priorities, and the running of the cafe is now being managed in-house by the…

The project has been looking at the barriers that put so many people with brain injuries out on the streets and what needs to be done to help them. Shannon Lebrun works with people with acquired brain injury to ensure they have quality housing. She is posing with Jason, one…

File photo Each October, the city of Vancouver requests applications from partner organizations and uses a volunteer scoring committee to prioritize applications for funding VANCOUVER – The city of Vancouver welcomes the community to review and provide input on the 2022 award of approximately $2,981,821 in Community Development Block Grant…

LATEST April 6 5:45 p.m. The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just blocks from California’s Capitol last weekend was a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said Wednesday. Police said they identified at least five gunmen but there may…

(1888PressRelease) April 04, 2022 - BOSTON, Mass. - Author Bill Selvitelle announced today the release of his first fiction novel, Heaven’s Window. The novel is a deeply touching story about a man, his dog and the search for faith after losing everything. Published by SDP Publishing, Heaven’s Window immerses readers…

“I’m not abandoning anyone. I’m not going to believe that dignity is living in a cardboard , without a shower, without a toilet, living in terrible living conditions,” Adams said at a City Hall press conference Wednesday. “It’s just so inhumane.” But it all seems a bit too familiar to…