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Shirley Raines, a social media creator and nonprofit founder who dedicated her life to caring for people experiencing homelessness, has died, her organization Beauty 2 The Streetz said Wednesday. She was 58. Raines was known as “Ms. Shirley,” to her more than 5 million TikTok followers and to the people…

Listen to this article with a free account In the coming days, homeless outreach workers nationwide will head to the streets over the course of one night as part of the annual effort to count how many homeless people there are in America. But unlike previous years, there won’t be…

A$AP Rocky might be decked out in Chanel and Patek Philippe as Esquire’s latest cover star, but life for the rapper wasn’t always pushing Bentley strollers, as he says on his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. Long before Rocky starred in Spike Lee joints opposite Denzel Washington and had three…

Lagos State Police operatives today, January 28, 2026, fired teargas canisters to disperse hundreds of residents protesting ongoing mass demolitions across several waterfront and informal communities. The protesters, who had marched from Ikeja Underbridge to the House of Assembly complex in Alausa, accused the state government of rendering thousands homeless…

While many of us rarely think twice about having a place to sleep or food on the table, Lipson had to navigate financial struggles and was homeless three times as he prepared for his O-level examinations. In an episode of YouTube series Gen Z Crash Course posted on Jan 23,…

Ricky Gervais has urged MPs to act to end cruel policies that mean homeless people often cannot get support unless they abandon their pets 18:00, 27 Jan 2026 Updated 07:28, 28 Jan 2026 Ricky Gervais has called on ministers to end cruel policies that leave homeless people unable to get…

Updated : , ,   LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CEO of a Los Angeles homeless services charity faces federal and state fraud charges after prosecutors said he lived a luxury lifestyle that included lavish vacations and designer clothes paid for with $23 million in public money meant to keep…

In southern California, where rates of homelessness are among the highest in the nation, a private company, Akido Labs, is running clinics for unhoused patients and others with low incomes. The caveat? The patients are seen by medical assistants who use artificial intelligence (AI) to listen to the conversations, then…

Police in California found Former NFL player Kevin Johnson dead Wednesday, at a Los Angeles homeless encampment, according to police. Los Angeles County officials said authorities located Johnson, 55, at an encampment in the 1300 block of East 120th Street in the Willowbrook area, after responding to the scene shortly…

Listen to this article with a free account Former NFL defensive lineman Kevin Johnson was beaten and stabbed to death in a Los Angeles homeless encampment, authorities confirmed Friday. Johnson, who played in the 1990s mostly for the Philadelphia Eagles and the team then known as the Oakland Raiders, was…