DA to seek death penalty in 6 California murders

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former Marine accused of murdering four homeless men and a woman and her son in California, authorities said Monday.

A random act of kindness lifts spirits in London

Mom of homeless man beaten to death settles for $1M

Homeless man's mom accepts $1M settlement in death

The mother of a mentally ill homeless man who died after a violent confrontation with Southern California police has accepted a $1 million settlement with the city of Fullerton.

2 Calif officers to be tried in homeless death

Two Southern California police officers were ordered Wednesday to stand trial in the death of a mentally ill homeless man following a violent arrest last summer.

Hungry homeless man gets arrested intentionally

Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus courthouse building.

Folks homeless in Navy jet crash get $2,300 to start

Mom booted from ER dies in agony in jail

Sound film pioneer's NY mansion OK for vets' home

A nonprofit organization in central New York has been given approval to turn a sound film pioneer's former mansion into a shelter for homeless veterans.

Philly mayor seeks ban to feeding homeless outside

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter wants to ban community organizations from feeding the hungry and homeless in city parks.

Transcript: Suspect killed to become 'real Marine'

When his desire to kill at war was dashed by a tour of duty as a truck driver in Iraq, the young Marine returned home to wage combat in affluent Orange County.

'Homeless Hotspot' stunt stirs debate at SXSW

A charitable marketing program that paid homeless people to carry Wi-Fi signals at South By Southwest has drawn widespread debate at the annual Austin conference and around the country.

Police: Brother of mutilated boy targets homeless

Police say the brother of a Pittsburgh boy who was brutally killed by a vagrant targeted homeless people in paintball attacks last week.

Report cites concerns for female homeless vets

Federal investigators expressed concerns Monday for the safety of some female veterans who rely on homeless shelters after inspections showed women housed in shelters approved only for men.

Homeless men spring into action to assist with difficult arrest

HUD secretary announces equal access housing rule

A new rule took effect this week barring those who own or operate U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded housing from asking about an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity, an Obama Administration official announced Friday.

Former NJ gov goes undercover as homeless man

St. Louis, suburbs clash over growing homelessness

Sometimes the men emerge from out-of-town police cruisers that stop at homeless shelters and then quickly drive off. Others turn up still wearing gowns from suburban hospitals.

Report on man's death shows no intent to deceive

A California police department had no intent to deceive the public by releasing an old booking photo of a homeless man who died after a confrontation with officers or information about officers' potential injuries from the confrontation, an independent consultant said Tuesday.

Court: NYC can't implement new homeless policy now

The city cannot go forward with a new policy requiring single people to prove they have no other options before they enter homeless shelters, a court ruled Tuesday.

CA man pleads not guilty to 6 murders

A former Marine pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he murdered six people in Southern California, including four homeless men and a friend's mother and brother.

Obama lauds formerly homeless teen at science fair

Two weeks after attending the State of the Union address, formerly homeless teen Samantha Garvey was back in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, where she displayed her scientific acumen — and got a shout-out from the president.

Europe tries to shield homeless in deep freeze

Homeless killings suspect faces new murder charges

A former Marine already accused of killing four homeless men was charged Monday with two new counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his high school friend's mother and older brother.

Forklift driver rewarded in homeless killings case

Donny Hopkins was buying his wife cigarettes at a drug store when a man burst inside and screamed the unbelievable: A serial killer was savagely stabbing a man in the parking lot.

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PORTLAND - The mother of three abandoned children was located by police Friday. Her name was not released.

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ST. PETERSBURG — A boa constrictor is dead and a dog is homeless after someone left them in a trash bin, a local exotic wildlife rescuer said.

Republicans may bridle at these insults, or we may laugh.  But we are chumps when we don't take insults seriously.  Slander provides the Democrats with a huge electoral advantage.  Many centrist voters, though not radical or loony themselves, have come to believe …

The 56-year-old homeless attacker, who was taken into custody, was with his wife on the second floor at the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library when he spotted the racy videos on the 52-year-old man’s screen around 7:20 p.m., police sources said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eddie Vega has been homeless for a year. He was waiting for a bus one day last week when a police officer rolled up to ask what he was doing and where he was headed. Vega said it's the kind of subtle harassment that happens all the time.

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Parents and neighbors of an empty lot in Vancouver that has turned into a homeless camp are demanding changes.

"She thinks the shed is a better place to live than the crowded HMO (house of multiple occupation) she was in before. It has electricity and a tiny kitchen which leads into a bathroom, but there's no hot water."

MANATEE COUNTY -- Shawna Machado has slept in parking lots and studied in coffee shops.

MIAMI (AP) - Public schools officials say they counted more than 4,400 homeless students in Miami-Dade County in the last school year.

St. Petersburg, Florida - A St. Petersburg woman said she was sickened to hear that her former neighbor was arrested for allegedly abusing two disabled adults. Friday, St. Petersburg police arrested 59-year-old Jeffrey Williams. It all has to do with the website, Shefights.net. …

"Teenagers ~ runaways and throw aways ~ are finally being counted in Chicago's homeless population. They've been there all along, but young people have a way of masking their situation. We may see then and think they're just kids hanging out, when in fact, they're running out o …

A mother who pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her six-year-old son in the wrong school district has been sentenced to five years in prison. Tonya McDowell sent her son to an elementary school in Norwalk, Connecticut, instead of her home city of Bridgeport. The 34-year-o …

A promising lead about the whereabouts of Phoenix Coldon turned out to be a cruel hoax, causing the missing Missouri woman's family additional pain, their entire life savings and their home. "Unfortunately, we will now be losing our family home," the missing woman's mother, " …

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY -- A Hillsborough County deputy is going beyond the badge.

WASHINGTON — Misha McLamb helped keep fighter jets flying during a military career that took her halfway around the world to the Persian Gulf. But back home, the Navy aircraft specialist is barely getting by after a series of blows that undid her settled life.

The Houston City Council voted this week to require prior permission before any citizen may distribute food to five or more people on public property, but local activists are preparing to fight back — and hard. While the ordinance passed Wednesday night by an 11- …

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A proposal to regulate the way Houstonians feed the homeless has sparked a backlash among homeless advocates. The city of Houston is scheduled to vote on the ordnance on Wednesday. It's already been watered down since it was first introduced but some people a …

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- A homeless Alabama man was playing with the head of a decapitated venomous snake when it bit him, sending him to the emergency room.

What would you do if you came across someone on the street that had not had anything to eat for several days?  Would you give that person some food?  Well, the next time you get that impulse you might want to check if it is still legal to feed the homeless where you  …

Apparently going without is more nutritious than having food that is not nutritionally perfect. At least in Michael Bloomberg's eyes it is. I will admit I will savor chips, cocktail weenies and sugary punches when I wandered the streets as I lacked cooking facilities to make  …

Mike’s homeless-gift ban So much for serving the homeless. The Bloomberg administration is now taking the term “food police” to new depths, blocking food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless. In conjunction with a …

This week Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced a ban on the feeding of large numbers of homeless and hungry people on, or near, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and on all outdoor feedings of large numbers of people on city parkland.