Politics Apr 22 Supreme Court hears case on whether cities can criminalize homelessness, disband camps By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens, Marcia Coyle
Politics Apr 21 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears whether homeless camps can be removed without alternative shelter The Supreme Court on Monday will review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren’t enough beds in homeless shelters. By Associated Press
Health Aug 21 Watch 9:45 States look to involuntarily hospitalize people to confront growing mental health crisis Across the country, states are trying to tackle the growing mental health crisis. Some are enacting laws and policies that would make it easier to hospitalize or detain the severely mentally ill against their will or through voluntary court-ordered treatment. By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson
Nation Jun 16 ‘The country is entirely unprepared.’ As more unhoused people age, where will they die? Sufficient end-of-life care in the United States is a growing problem, especially for unhoused adults. By Hannah Grabenstein
Nation Mar 03 More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen Since 1990, the percentage of unhoused people who are older than 50 has risen from 11 percent to nearly 50 percent. Researchers say it will only get worse. By Hannah Grabenstein
Dec 23 Massive winter storm brings snow, ice, plunging temperatures to U.S. By Heather Hollingsworth, Jill Bleed, Associated Press Winter weather is blanketing the U.S. as a massive storm sent temperatures crashing and created whiteout conditions. Continue reading
Oct 06 Homelessness surging in many cities in amid end to COVID assistance By Kathleen Ronayne, Michael Casey, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Homelessness is expected to be up when the federal government releases results from an annual count in coming months, the first full tally since the coronavirus pandemic began. Continue reading