Mother Teresa: ‘Saint of the gutters’ canonized at Vatican
By NICOLE WINFIELD Elevating the “saint of the gutters” to one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors, Pope Francis on Sunday praised Mother Teresa for her radical dedication to society’s…
Homelessness
Rhode Island latest state poised to end vets’ homelessness
By MICHELLE R. SMITH For more than two years, Don Perrault lived without a home as the Vietnam veteran struggled with depression and personal setbacks that at one point left…
New report: Child homelessness on the rise in US
By DAVID CRARY and LISA LEFF The number of homeless children in the U.S. has surged in recent years to an all-time high, amounting to one child in every 30,…
First lady expands effort to end vet homelessness
By STACY A. ANDERSON First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, part of the Joining Forces initiative, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP…
EMOTIONS FLOW AS CALIF. POLICE ACQUITTED IN DEATH
By GILLIAN FLACCUS ADDS LOCATION-Former Fullerton police Officer Manuel Ramos reacts after being acquitted Monday Jan. 13, 2014, in Santa Ana, Calif., of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges stemming…
AP PHOTOS: SKID ROW, A BATTLE OF MISERY AND HOPE
By JAE C. HONG George Mendez, foreground, a 55-year-old recovering alcoholic, sits in front of a drunk woman in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 23,…
THOUSANDS OF PAKISTANIS HOMELESS AFTER QUAKE
By ABDUL SATTAR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT People evacuate buildings and call their relatives after a tremor of an earthquake was felt in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A major…