Homeless

For three decades Icolyn ‘Ma’ Smith has been feeding the city’s homeless and she is doing so again during the pandemic after Oxford Community Soup Kitchen reopened off Cowley Road. The Oxford Community Soup Kitchen reopened at the Asian Cultural Centre in Manzil Way last week. The 90-year-old, who has…

A medical worker giving a woman an influenza vaccine in the Netherlands. Niels Wenstedt/BSR Agency/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended on Sunday that frontline essential workers and people 75 and older should be next in line for coronavirus vaccines. Healthcare workers…

A man was tortured with a hammer, knife and iron by a homeless couple who he had let in to his home to live with him.The victim, who has not been named, was tied up, had his knee caps smashed with a hammer, his feet burnt with a cigarette lighter…

News Stacy Moore 15 Hrs AgoA Gasparillo couple lost their home to fire on Sunday evening in Hillcrest, Gasparillo. - Marvin HamiltonA Gasparillo couple is now homeless after a fire destroyed their home on Sunday night. The couple’s pet dog and her five puppies were killed in the fire. A…

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter GuideShams “Da Homeless Hero” DaBaron is demanding more and better services for those experiencing homelessness in New York City, while living in a shelter himself.Jasper Colt, USA TODAYRead More

An estimated 778 people died while homeless in 2019 in England and Wales, an increase of 7.2 per cent compared to 2018.The ONS stressed it is the highest number of deaths of rough sleepers since the agency began collecting the data in 2013. There has been a 61.4 per cent…

When the fires stopped, the people of Cork were left sifting through debris, with many left homeless, thousands jobless and all counting the cost of blazes started by British forces. That was the state of affairs described by the correspondent for The Irish Times in the days following the Burning…

Actor Farhan Akhtar has stepped up to help build a homeless man's a house. The actor recently reached out to a man named Shiv Mandir Pujari to help him and his family in the time of the need.Divyanshu Upadhyay, Secretary of Hope Welfare Trust, shared a collage video of Farhan…

By Sarah Williscraft, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterFort McMurray TodayFri., Dec. 11, 2020timer2 min. readFort McMurray’s homeless shelters and outreach groups are already finding themselves at capacity as COVID-19 cases rise and winter continues. Edna Olsen-Moman, executive director of the Salvation Army of Fort McMurray, said the shelter has been full…

As the coronavirus continues to surge, California this month implemented the strictest coronavirus lockdown in the country. Under the new guidelines, private gatherings are banned for most people in the state. California’s new measures are a bit more lenient than the one it enacted earlier this year. For example, schools…