Homeless

'We go down with the ship': Meet the homeless youth running Venezuela's earthquake shelters

Their task is the management of a shelter for victims of the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes. The dozen or so staff have designed a digital system to register residents, most of whom have suffered loss.

his photograph shows shadows of volunteers rescuers appearing during an operation by US rescuers to find survivors in Catia la Mar in La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 30, 2026.
General view of a demolished building at Caraballeda after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 27, 2026 in La Guaira, Venezuela.

Machado vows to return to Venezuela after earthquake death toll rises to over 1,700

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025.

In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza

 The Eiffel Tower.

French officials find fifth body in River Seine outside Paris


Trump says he will take control of DC police, deploy National Guard to capital

"The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Daniel Kingery, 61, is arrested by U.S. Park Police after he refused to leave McPherson Square, a park he was living in as part of a larger homeless encampment, which was cleared by U.S. Park Service and police in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2023.

Grapevine: Good, nutritious food in their bellies

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 IDF soldiers in a swearing in ceremony. February 27, 2025.

Rebuilding from rubble: Olah's story of survival after Iranian missile strike destroys home

Marissa Sarfatti thought that her plan for the Iranian attack was solid. But after tragedy struck, she is left to pick up the pieces and rebuild entirely anew.

 A bloody floor in a Tel Aviv apartment that was struck by an Iranian missile, June 16, 2025.

Homeless man buys and resells one Omer Adam concert ticket, earns NIS 40,000

An investigation revealed that the suspect defrauded people by changing SIM cards to different phone numbers and reselling the same ticket.

Israeli singer Omer Adam performs live at the annual Kleizmer Festival in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, on August 14, 2019.

Israel team rejected for homeless soccer tournament over security concerns

Homeless World Cup is an international street football tournament with a network of 70 organizations that use the sport to “tackle homelessness and social isolation.”

Homeless Euro 2024 - Hamburg, Germany - June 17, 2024 A general view of the action from Germany v Sweden

How can the health of homeless pet owners and their companions be improved?

Researchers in Texas have conducted a study that reveals five common ways in which the health of homeless pet owners and their dogs can be improved. 

 Homeless man and his dog, illustrative

Sukkot is a holiday of homecoming and homelessness

What does it mean, for a person or a people or a species, to lose home or to come home?  What exactly is lost when you lose home and what is gained when you recover it?

 Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community build a Sukkah in preparation for the Sukkot holiday.

The ultimate DIY project: How one man turned a cave into his dream home

Unable to afford city living, Mr. Tiger turned to carving out the inside of a cave to create his dream home. This is his remarkable subterranean journey.


Daughter of MLB Hall of Famer abandons baby in frozen forest

Police responded to a report of a woman who had given birth to a baby in the winter-frozen woods of Manchester, New Hampshire.

 Dennis Eckersley pitching for the Boston Red Sox in 1988

Activists launch petition to save Herzliya hermit from eviction

Nisim lived for months by the sea with no shelter until he decided to build a structure to live in.

 A newly built residential neighborhood in Herzliya, Oct 30, 2020.