Homeless

Aljamain Sterling has continued to take aim at Petr Yan, this time criticising his actions outside the Octagon. Before their title fight at UFC 259 in which Yan was disqualified for landing an illegal knee, things were already personal between the two top bantamweights. The fight only made their rivalry…

Author of the article: Anne Jarvis A man sleeps in a park near City Hall Square on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star It’s difficult to imagine the stories that emerged when Windsor opened emergency homeless shelters at the aquatic centre and Water World during the…

Suze Orman once told me that “money is the physical manifestation of who you are.” It was a mantra that I thought no one actually subscribed to, but it came to mind last week when I read a New York Times story about Vanie Mangal, a landlord in Queens who was…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People in Oregon struggled to get rides to cooling centers during the recent heat wave that is believed to have killed hundreds across the Pacific Northwest, officials said Monday, and staffing shortages prevented callers from reaching operators at an information line. State authorities are examining their…

When temperatures in Oregon hit 116 degrees Fahrenheit late last month, Portland resident Scott Kerman found he couldn’t stand outside for longer than 10 minutes without feeling like he might collapse. But his thoughts didn’t dwell long on his own discomfort. He was more worried for the city’s homeless population,…

California gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner tweeted a comment about the population of homeless Californians on Wednesday, referring to their presence as a "mess" and saying they decrease Californians' "quality of life." Jenner tweeted a link to a New York Post story about Los Angeles sanitation workers removing homeless citizens' shelters…

The second part of Dame Carol Black's independent review of drugs has been published today (8th July 2021). The report, which was commissioned by the Home Office, focuses on drug treatment, prevention, and recovery and it outlines 33 individual policy recommendations to the government. In response to the report Danny…

Video footage of two police officers Down Under helping out a homeless man outside a Woolworths store has gone viral—and impressed thousands of viewers online. Adele Barbaro, a Melbourne-based blogger, was on her way to the local Woolworths one chilly night when she noticed two officers approach a homeless man outside…

(The Philippine Star) - July 8, 2021 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go on Tuesday visited families left homeless by a recent fire in Cainta, Rizal. Go and his outreach team conducted a distribution activity for 154 families, composed of more or less a thousand individuals, at the…

The response from public bodies to ensure the spread of COVID-19 was reduced among homeless people during the pandemic has been described as "fantastic". Dr Austin O’Carroll, HSE Clinical Lead for the COVID Homeless Response in Dublin, said the rates of the virus among people experiencing homelessness was far less…