Dozens Dead, Thousands Homeless in Bangladesh, India Floods June 22, 2022 By Al-Emrun Garjon and Aniruddha Ghosal SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh crowded makeshift refugee centers and scrambled to meet boats arriving with food...
Study: Climate Change a Major Factor in South Africa Floods May 16, 2022 By Wanjohi Kabukuru MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed...
Man Locked Up Because of Mistaken Identity Sues Hawaii November 24, 2021 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher HONOLULU (AP) — A formerly homeless man who ended up in a mental institution for more than two years because...
Hurricane Iota’s Destruction Coming into Focus in Nicaragua November 19, 2020 MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Piles of wind-tossed lumber used to be homes. Concrete walls have been pounded into painted chunks. Colorful...
Homeless Campers not Told of Toxic Chemicals Found at Site October 15, 2019 By Sidney Brownstone, Scott Greenstone And Vianna Davila SEATTLE — This past summer, city of Seattle officials sent a warning to about 60 of its employees: They may...
He Died Fleeing a Hurricane, Nobody Has Claimed his Body August 19, 2019 By Richard Stradling WHITEVILLE, N.C. — Shannon Godwin was putting plywood on the windows of his home the day before Hurricane Florence was...
Tents Set Up for Homeless After Earthquakes in Greece February 5, 2014 Greek authorities set up tents Tuesday for those left homeless by a series of earthquakes on the western island of...
Homeless Man Gets Prison for Michigan Building Fire November 21, 2011 A homeless man who set a fire that destroyed a medical building in Lenawee County has been sent to prison...
Calif. City Struggles to Cope with Possessions of Homeless October 31, 2011 By CHRISTINA HOAG Everything from toasters to typewriters is piled high on a Skid Row sidewalk in Los Angeles, Calif., under the watchful...
Police: Homeless Men in Mass. Thwarted Arson September 28, 2011 Police in Massachusetts say two homeless men were offered money to burn down a rental house on Cape Cod but...