New York City2 days agoNew York UPS workers slashed on subway after argument turns violentA 22-year-old man attacked two UPS workers with a knife early Tuesday morning on a subway train as New York continues to grapple with violence on its transit system.
America TogetherFebruary 17Village of tiny homes combats homelessness in Los Angeles areaNonprofit Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission opened its first “village” earlier this month, with 40 tiny homes and 75 beds.
OPINIONFebruary 10Jason Rantz: Sharing Seattle's drug-policy pain – this legalization plan will hurt Washington state, nationSeattle’s permissive drug policies ravaged the city and devastated an already vulnerable homeless population. It led to more crime and killed an alarming number of people. But now it may go statewide if Democrats get their way.
WashingtonFebruary 6Olympia City Council member disagrees that forcible occupation of hotel was 'domestic terrorism'An Olympia, Wash., city council member disagrees with Mayor Cheryl Selby's designation of last week's forcible occupation of the Red Lion Hotel to demand housing for the homeless as an act of domestic terrorism.
WashingtonFebruary 4Olympia mayor calls forcible occupation of hotel 'domestic terrorism'City officials in Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, condemned the actions of the group Oly Housing Now, which "forcibly" occupied a hotel in the city over the weekend to demanding pandemic housing for the homeless, according to a report.
WashingtonJanuary 31Homeless activists occupy Washington state hotel in apparent takeover attempt, at least 7 in custody: reportAt least seven people were in custody late Sunday after homeless activists, some reportedly armed with hatchets and knives, "forcibly" occupied the lobby and 17 rooms at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia, Wash, according to officials.
Los AngelesJanuary 30LA homeless officials paid better than White House Cabinet members as crisis continues to riseAmid a projected $675 million deficit in Los Angeles, city officials cashed in on their efforts to combat the swelling housing crisis in 2020, and yet homelessness grew.
POLITICSJanuary 28Homeless Lucerne Hotel residents to host NYC mayoral candidate forumResidents of one of the most controversial converted hotel shelters on Manhattan’s Upper West Side are organizing a forum to quiz the city’s leading mayoral candidates over the vexing homelessness crisis next week.
San FranciscoJanuary 24Biden may force American taxpayers to foot bill for San Francisco homeless hotelsSan Francisco hotels used to house homeless people may be fully funded by the federal government this year, thanks to an executive order signed by President Joe Biden signed last Thursday.
4:47VIDEOJanuary 9Colorado mayor spends a week undercover in homeless communityAurora, Colo. Mayor Mike Coffman discusses his experience living in his city’s homeless shelters and encampments on ‘America’s News HQ.’