Homeless

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs resolved in February 2020 to conduct an inquiry into homelessness in Australia, inviting community groups and individuals to include their experiences with homelessness in the continuing Covid-19 crisis. Positive Life NSW, the only state-wide agency offering support specifically…

A New York City police officer sits in a cruiser at a checkpoint surrounding Times Square: (2020 The Associated Press)The NYPD has cut traffic and homeless units to focus on rising gun violence following mayor Bill DeBlasio's move to defund police, according to reports.Senior police leadership transferred 114 members of…

AT LEAST 189 people have been killed and four million left homeless after powerful torrents swept aside homes in Nepal and India’s famous tea-making province of Assam. Government officials also said that scores of residents remain missing after heavy flooding from monsoon rains. 21A man carries his children to a…

Updated / Monday, 20 Jul 2020 07:22 Solo Morris steps out of the Little Amsterdam Coffee shop in Los Angeles to re-stock the frosted-glass fridge On a sidewalk in Los Angeles stands a shiny, clean refrigerator packed with milk, fruit, vegetables, chicken and other food, marked clearly as free for…

Ex-Honolulu Cop Gets 4 Years in Prison After Making Homeless Man Lick Urinal 7/16/2020 7:36 AM PT A former Honolulu police officer will spend 4 years behind bars ... after forcing a homeless man to lick a public restroom urinal or risk an ass-whooping. John Rabago was sentenced Wednesday and…

Ryan W. Miller   | USA TODAY A former Honolulu police officer who forced a man to lick a urinal in a public bathroom was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.John Rabago pleaded guilty in December to civil rights violations stemming from the January 2018 incident during which Rabago told the man that, "If…

World16 Jul, 2020 06:49 AM3 minutes to read"You took from him his only possession: his dignity as a human being." Photo / 123rfA US judge sentenced a former Honolulu police officer Wednesday to four years in prison for forcing a homeless man to lick a public urinal, telling him to…

HONOLULU — A U.S. judge sentenced a former Honolulu police officer Wednesday to four years in prison for forcing a homeless man to lick a public urinal, telling him to imagine someone doing that to his two young daughters.The homeless man was just as defenseless and powerless as the children…

Community support has poured in after fire destroyed the home near NW Onsdorff Blvd and 19th Court BATTLE GROUND — A single mother with three children is without a place to stay after fire destroyed their Battle Ground home on Monday. Crews with Clark County Fire District 3, Clark County…

Solomon dragged his broken wet tent behind him after a brutal storm hit Cape Town in the early hours of Monday morning. “My bed is messed up, my tent is messed up. I don’t know what I’m going to do now because I have no stuff to cover myself,” said…