Understanding America's homelessness crisis
The Week via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA homeless person. KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images Major cities are cracking down on homeless encampments. But why are so many people 'living rough'?...
Advocates scorn lawmakers over 'crack pipe' uproar
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLawmakers are drawing heat over their pushback against a federal grant program meant to reduce harm among drug users with "safe smoking kits," with...
Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPharmacies in several Mexican cities are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl...
Sexual attacks against teen girls increased at school, online and at home in 2021, CDC report found
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 month agoThe recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found an unprecedented...
Can a Target gift card help you stay off meth? This L.A. program is trying it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDr. Siddarth Puri, left, greets Damion Corral last month at Skid Row Community ReFresh Spot, which...
'They are going to kill me': Former US Border Patrol agent discusses her journey to activist
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJenn Budd joined the U.S. Border Patrol to escape her violent and abusive home life. What she found,...
Newsom's plan seeks to give hope to families of mentally ill, homeless Californians
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBrian Lungren and his family wonder what could have spared him some of the 13 years he spent at Napa State Hospital in treatment for mental illness and serious drug and alcohol addiction. Since ...
As opioid overdoses rise in L.A. jails, inmates get access to lifesaving drug
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe man swayed and stumbled between two bunk beds in a Los Angeles County jail dorm, then collapsed...
Editorial: The recall candidates' plans on homelessness won't lessen the problem and could get...
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia's gubernatorial recall candidates have seized on the grim state of homelessness as a...
Column: Will the recall loss jolt the California GOP out of its death spiral?
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoHas anybody seen the California Republican Party lately? One would have expected the state GOP to...