Homeless

Source: Daniel Rubino/Windows Central Microsoft joined several large Seattle-based corporations in backing a bill to help the homeless. The bill would impose a tax on big businesses and employees who make more than $150,000 per year. The income from the new tax would be earmarked specifically for affordable housing, homelessness…

Torre Harris and Tawana Hughes embrace. Tim Morris/Operation Victory/Facebook Torre Harris is a Marine veteran who was homeless on and off for 15 years.100 volunteers from Operation Victory spent six months remodeling an abandoned house in Kentucky, finally giving Harris a home."I just couldn't believe there was so many nice…

Last week, Bradenton, Florida brewery Motorworks Brewing made headlines with their idea to put local animal shelter dogs’ photos on their beer cans to help with pet adoption. Monica Mathis saw the story and recognized her dog Day Day who went missing three ye…

(SAN DIEGO) — A man with a criminal record and history of mental illness pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of murder in a string of deadly attacks on sleeping homeless men in San Diego, two of whom were set on fire. Jon David Guerrero, 42, agreed to be…

Castro Valley homeowner Augie Bau reacts to the homeless crisis in California.

A new Housing and Urban Development report said blacks make up nearly half of the homeless population, despite comprising only 13% of the population.An estimated 568,000 people experienced homelessness in a single night in the United States in 2019, according to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report presented to Congress earlier…

A new Housing and Urban Development report said blacks make up nearly half of the homeless population, despite comprising only 13% of the population. An estimated 568,000 people experienced homelessness in a single night in the United States in 2019, accordi…

Foamnado.Gif: ITV (Twitter)Tossa de Mar is an absurdly beautiful vacation town in Catalonia, Spain. It’s got clear blue water views, a variety of European cuisines, and for a limited time only, massive amounts of weird ass sea foam.A powerful storm blasted the region on Tuesday, turning the ocean into a…

Thanks to its location in an area where numerous continental and oceanic plates meet under the ground and ocean, Japan is prone to frequent earthquakes. Scientists speculate that a major earthquake could be likely in the next few years, and while athletes and sports fans hope it will not happen…

(CNN)He was known around town as the friendly homeless man who would happily chat about anything -- the weather, sports or whatever passersby wanted to talk about. But when John Meade died in St. Augustine, Florida, late last year, police realized he had rare…