Tag: Homelessness

Number of damaging fires in Los Angeles homeless camps grows

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LOS ANGELES — Fires linked to homeless tents and camps are raising concerns in Los Angeles, where flames claimed seven lives last year and...

Mobile soup kitchens take food, vaccine to Detroit’s poorest

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DETROIT — Keenon Carreker walked up to the Salvation Army mobile soup kitchen parked in one of the poorest areas of Detroit for the...

California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless

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SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state...

Lutherans elect Megan Rohrer first transgender bishop

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(RNS) — The Rev. Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday (May 8), becoming...

San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations

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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...

Some immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, lose homes

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NEW YORK — Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small blue tent under a train track bridge in Elmhurst, Queens. ...

Kraken launch foundation focused on youth homelessness

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SEATTLE — Months before their first game, the Seattle Kraken have launched the club’s One Roof Foundation in partnership with Climate Pledge Arena. ...

24-hour subway service returning to city that never sleeps

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NEW YORK — New York City's subway will begin rolling all night again and capacity restrictions for most types of businesses will end statewide...

3D printing’s new challenge: Solving the US housing shortage

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A new generation of startups wants to disrupt the way houses are built by automating production with industrial 3D printers. ...

Miami women surprise homeless teen with magical quinceanera

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Entering her magical quinceanera on by her father’s arm, her tiara sparkling and her fuchsia ballgown trimmed with ruffles to...