Homeless Man Returns Diamond Ring and Wins Big
ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A homeless man who returned a diamond engagement ring to a woman who mistakenly dropped it into his donation cup when she was giving him some spare change now stands to be handsomely rewarded for his selfless act.A fund se…
Tuberculosis Outbreak Hits LA Homeless
Comstock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Tuberculosis appears to be on the rise among Los Angeles County’s vulnerable homeless population, prompting the county health department to seek federal help.In the last five years, the county health department…
Moscow’s Homeless Try to Avoid Freezing to Death
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — They are among this frozen city’s most vulnerable population: the homeless, and they fear freezing to death every night. After a half dozen years providing medical care to Moscow’s homeless, Dr. Elizaveta Glinka, or Dr…
Displacement Takes Its Toll on Still Homeless New Yorkers
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At the height of superstorm Sandy, Leigh Devine and her 8-year-old daughter waded through a flooded lobby in a total blackout to leave their apartment in lower Manhattan, and they have not returned. In fact, since t…
Superstorm Sandy: FEMA Trailers May Be Used to House Homeless
Andrew Burton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the Northeast braces for a nor’easter in the wake of superstorm Sandy, government leaders are turning their attention to finding long-term housing for tens of thousands of people left homeless.New York Gov. An…
Report: Gene Hackman Slaps Homeless Guy in Self-Defense
Vera Anderson/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Gene Hackman slapped a homeless man who reportedly approached the veteran actor and his wife in a threatening manner outside a restaurant in Santa Fe, N.M., TMZ reports.Police sources tell TMZ the incident happen…
Report: Gene Hackman Slaps Homeless Guy in Self-Defense
Vera Anderson/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Gene Hackman slapped a homeless man who reportedly approached the veteran actor and his wife in a threatening manner outside a restaurant in Santa Fe, N.M., TMZ reports.Police sources tell TMZ the incident happen…
Report: Gene Hackman Slaps Homeless Guy in Self-Defense
Vera Anderson/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Gene Hackman slapped a homeless man who reportedly approached the veteran actor and his wife in a threatening manner outside a restaurant in Santa Fe, N.M., TMZ reports.Police sources tell TMZ the incident happen…
Report: Gene Hackman Slaps Homeless Guy in Self-Defense
Vera Anderson/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Gene Hackman slapped a homeless man who reportedly approached the veteran actor and his wife in a threatening manner outside a restaurant in Santa Fe, N.M., TMZ reports.Police sources tell TMZ the incident happen…
Homeless Man Traveled US for 20 Years with Stolen Credit Card Info
Orange County Jail(LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.) — A homeless man “sick of running” told police that he had spent two decades memorizing credit card numbers and using them to fraudulently stay in hotels across the country, according to police.Jeffrey Hawkin…
Dallas to Recognize Heroic Efforts of Homeless Former Crips Leader
This still from a surveillance video shows Charles Alexander assisting in subduing a man who attacked a Dallas Police officer. (KTVT)(DALLAS) — The Dallas City Council will invite a homeless former gang leader to be honored at one of its meetings as a…
Homeless Man Loses Leg in Freight Car Fright
KTVX/ABC News(SALT LAKE CITY) — A 19-year-old train-hopper, who became trapped underneath heavy sheets of steel inside a freight car on Thursday, was rescued when a surgeon rushed to the scene to perform an emergency amputation.The homeless teen, who …
Why Is PETA Fighting Program Pairing Panhandlers with Dogs?
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Animal rights organization PETA is fighting against the launch of San Francisco’s Wonderful Opportunities for Occupants and Fidos (WOOF) program, which will pay previously homeless people now living in spons…
Abandoned Teen Graduates from Homeless Custodian to Harvard University
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C.) — After returning from a prestigious academic summer program in Raleigh, N.C., last summer, Dawn Loggins found her parents had left. To complete her high school senior year, she began “couch-surfing” in fri…
Homeless Teenager Invited to State of the Union
ABC News(NEW YORK) — In the past week, Samantha Garvey‘s love of mussels has given her family a home and saved her a seat at President Obama’s State of the Union address.Garvey, a homeless high school senior with a 3.9 grade point average,…
Suspect Arrested in Killing of Homeless Man in California
Ed Freeman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — A man was arrested on Friday in connection with the stabbing death of a homeless man in Anaheim, Calif., the latest in a string of homicides committed against homeless men in the area. The stabbing occurred Frida…
Intel Semifinalist Is Homeless No More Thanks to Community
ABC News(BRENTWOOD, N.Y.) — Samantha Garvey, the homeless high school senior gaining recognition for becoming a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, will soon have a home thanks to officials in Long Island.Suffolk county official Steve Bel…
Homeless Teen Could Win $100,000 Science Prize
ABC News(BRENTWOOD, N.Y.) — Samantha Garvey is one teenage girl who would rather read something called The Journal of Shellfish Research than Glamour magazine.“What I’m doing is the American dream,” she says.The 17-year-old high scho…
Serial Killer Targeting Calif. Homeless: Police
Thinkstock/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Homeless men in southern California are being warned by police to stick together and remain on high alert for a suspected serial killer who may be preying on them. The murders of three homeless, middle-aged men s…