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A car is stranded in Montgomery County after trying to pass a flooded street. (credit: Chief Scott Graham/Montgomery County Fire Dept.)

Police Identify Woman Found Dead in Water

Anne Arundel County police have identified a woman whose body was found floating in water in the woods in Maryland City after heavy rains flooded a homeless camp.

2013/02/01

Homeless U.S. military veterans receive information on free government services at a 'Stand Down' event hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Nov. 3, 2011 in Denver, Colo. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Nonprofit: ‘It’s Baloney’ Obama Will End Homelessness Among Vets By 2015

Arthur Lute’s arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015.

2012/11/12

A homeless war veteran explains his plight hoping for assistance while standing along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California  (Photo credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)

Major Hurdles Remain To End Veteran Homelessness

Arthur Lute’s arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015.

2012/11/12

A homeless man pats a dog in front of his makeshift shelter. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)

PETA: Giving Dogs To Homeless Puts ‘Both At Risk Of … A Bad End’

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are up in arms over an initiative in San Francisco that gives dogs to homeless men and women in the hopes of curbing panhandling in the area.

2012/08/21

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder

For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.

2012/07/11

File photo of a female Marine in training. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

More Women Vets Are Homeless, But Housing Scarce

Once primarily male veteran problems, homelessness and economic struggles are escalating among female veterans, whose numbers have grown during the past decade of U.S. wars while resources for them haven’t kept up. The population of female veterans without permanent shelter has more than doubled in the last half-dozen years and may continue climbing now that the Iraq war has ended, sending women home with the same stresses as their male counterparts — plus some gender-specific ones that make them more susceptible to homelessness.

2012/04/08

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