Category: homeless

Newlywed Couple Adopts the Stray Dog That Crashed Their Wedding Ceremony

A Brazilian bride and groom were delighted when the most special day of their lives was made memorable by the attendance of a friendly stray dog. The couple was so enchanted by the dog, who stayed for the entire wedding ceremony, that they made him part of their family. Tamiris Muzini, a 34-year-old interior designer,…


Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)

In this musical comedy, a struggling songwriter (Patricia Ellis) fakes a letter of admittance into the apartment of a rich composer (Warren Hull). It is most convenient as the successful fellow is out of town. The girl is hungry and unable to pay her own rent, so she takes full advantage until he returns and…


Midnight Mission Set to Serve Nearly 2,500 Thanksgiving Meals

LOS ANGELES—Thanksgiving meals will be provided to the homeless and poor on Skid Row, downtown, and in Venice Nov. 24 while Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada told the public, “If you know anyone in need of a warm meal and a hug, send them our way.” The Midnight Mission will serve Thanksgiving brunch to nearly…


Man Secretly Gives Food and Money to Homeless People

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! (Video courtesy of Dumb TV) …


Hunger in America | Documentary

In America today, one in six people, including hard-working men and women and suburban families, are struggling with hunger. It’s not just the homeless. It’s the single mom, grandparents raising babies, the elderly, the infirm. This is their story. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” –…


A Sea of Red Serge as Thousands of Officers Honour BC Mountie Const. Shaelyn Yang

Thousands of officers dressed in red serge marched in unison in a procession led by an RCMP pipe band, a hearse and riderless horse in the funeral for fallen RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang Wednesday. The procession in Richmond, B.C., began underneath a large Canadian flag hung between two extended ladders from firefighting trucks, as civilians…


BC RCMP Officer, 31, Who Worked With Homeless, ‘Died Bravely’: Commissioner

An RCMP mental health and homeless outreach officer stabbed to death in Burnaby, B.C., “died bravely,” her superior said. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said 31-year-old Const. Shaelyn Yang had been a police officer since December 2019. McDonald said Yang was stabbed during “an altercation” while she partnered with a city employee officer at a…


Gilead Widens Battle Against Alleged Counterfeit HIV Drug Ring

A federal judge in New York has frozen the assets of dozens of people and entities accused of operating a massive nationwide scheme to distribute counterfeit bottles of Gilead Sciences Inc. HIV drugs, including two alleged “kingpins.” Gilead, which has been pursuing alleged counterfeiters in a civil lawsuit since last year, said in a court…


Life A Daily Struggle for Arizona’s Homeless Seniors Living In ‘The Zone’

PHOENIX, Ariz.—Never in all of Pam Bejarano’s 70 years could she imagine herself old and homeless in a place like “The Zone.” As Bejarano tried to catch her breath in the stifling heat of downtown Phoenix, her fiance, James, 65, sat barefoot and shirtless in long white hair and beard, wearing summer shorts inside the…


An Unlikely Friendship With a Paramedic Helps Homeless Addict Turn His Life Around

An unlikely friendship between a California paramedic and a heartbroken homeless man led to a $7 gift that turned the man’s life around. However, it was only after 12 years when they reunited that the paramedic learned of this radical transformation. Jeanah Nomelli, now 43, first met William Levens, now 66, in 2007. William had…