Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 21-year-old Andia Anderson, life has been difficult. In a letter emailed to The Commercial Appeal Executive Editor Mark ...

Today's patient population in the acute-care hospital is being reshaped very rapidly. Since the recent harsh winter of 2010-2011, hospitals have seen record numbers of homeless patients present at ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tents, broken-down cars, piles of garbage and RVs line the streets off Southeast 80th and Powell. It's a residential neighborhood turned nightmare for families who live there. “I’m ...

Alabama passed a law that makes it illegal to panhandle or loiter on state highways and roadways. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law that makes panhandling and loitering on state roads a ...

Some liberal cities that have in recent weeks been crying foul over moves by Republican governors to bus migrants to sanctuary jurisdictions across the country have themselves used buses to transport ...

A homeless woman’s kind gesture to a stranger paid off more than she ever could’ve expected, a new video on social media depicts. Brienna, 32, was sitting on a Detroit sidewalk with her two children, ...

A homeless man freezes to death in the winter weather. Now advocates are speaking out, saying there aren't enough beds to get all of Shawnee's homeless off the streets. Men and women meet up in a ...