Deadly drug overdoses in San Francisco hit chilling milestone as city leaders shrug
[ad_1] San Francisco continues to grapple with a staggering number of fatal drug overdoses. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data puts the city second on the list, trailing behind only Baltimore. Even as the opioid crisis drags on, federal figures show a modest shift: overall overdose deaths in San Francisco have […]
Quebec homelessness rising sharply in regions outside Montreal, report finds – Montreal | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 10, 2026 12:28 pm Updated April 10, 2026 12:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New numbers released by the Quebec government are showing that homelessness has increased across the province, with the sharpest rises outside Montreal. The survey conducted April […]
Innocent man gets $975K payout after he’s mistakenly locked in psych hospital for years
[ad_1] An innocent man has been awarded a $975,000 payout after he was wrongfully arrested and thrown in a Hawaii psychiatric hospital for years. Joshua Spriestersbach, who was sleeping on the streets at the time, ended up in the psych ward after cops arrested him for drug crimes committed by another man named Thomas Castleberry […]
Hundreds of protesters swarm proposed NYC men’s homeless shelter site, physically block construction truck
[ad_1] Furious protesters blocked off construction trucks and swarmed the site of a proposed homeless shelter in Brooklyn on Sunday evening — after rumors swirled that workers would break ground at the new facility as early as Monday morning. Several hundred protesters lined multiple blocks in Bensonhurst, calling upon Mayor Zohran Mamdani to shut down […]
Huge twist is case of homeless man accused of attack on SF mayor as judge watches viral video
[ad_1] A man charged with an attack on San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s bodyguard has been released – after a judge decided it was the security detail who instigated the confrontation. Judge Sylvia Husing said that Tony Phillips, a 44-year old homeless man, was “violently attacked” by Lurie’s police bodyguard — after viewing a viral […]
Huge twist is case of homeless man accused of attack on SF mayor as judge watches viral video
[ad_1] A man charged with an attack on San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s bodyguard has been released – after a judge decided it was the security detail who instigated the confrontation. Judge Sylvia Husing said that Tony Phillips, a 44-year old homeless man, was “violently attacked” by Lurie’s police bodyguard — after viewing a viral […]
Saskatoon’s homeless population rises 30% in a year, new data shows – Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size The number of homeless individuals living in Saskatoon jumped by nearly 30 per cent last year, new data shows. The City of Saskatoon released its point-in-time (PiT) data for 2025 Monday and found that 1,931 individuals experienced homelessness last year, which is an increase from 1,499 […]
NYC won’t tear down street encampments, Mamdani says – as homeless people spotted camping out during historic blizzard
[ad_1] Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that street encampments won’t be torn down during one of the worst blizzards in New York City’s history — even as homeless people kept camping out and rejecting offers for shelter. The bomb cyclone offered a new wintry test for Mamdani’s administration after its response to another storm in […]
Obama blasts LA homeless ‘atrocity’ in jab at Gavin Newsom
[ad_1] Barack Obama took a thinly-veiled jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the homeless “atrocity” in Los Angeles Saturday. During a conversation with YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama explained: “We should recognize that the average person doesn’t want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown. ”That’s a losing […]