Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance. ...more

March 7, 2009

Two men charged with beating a homeless man to death and viciously attacking two others intended to kill because they repeatedly hit the victims in the head with baseball bats, a prosecutor said Thursday. ...more

September 5, 2008

It costs taxpayers about $925 when police arrest a homeless person for drinking beer in public or sleeping behind a church, a Herald-Tribune analysis shows. ...more

February 25, 2008

The nation's foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses. Some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters. ...more

February 18, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The city council is set tonight to take public comment and final action on a pair of ordinances that would place further restrictions on homeless people. ...more

January 24, 2008

For many people, a forecast of overnight temperatures in the 30s results in grumbling about having to turn on the heat. ...more

January 15, 2008

Pasco County has shelter space avalable at two sites for those who are homeless and need shelter from predicted cold weather. ...more

January 14, 2008

Earlier this year, the city's homeless were bouncing from place to place, moving their tents and tattered belongings from one makeshift campsite to another. ...more

December 1, 2007

Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released today. ...more

November 8, 2007

Noe Donnat was sleeping on a concrete slab along the waterfront here last month when a police officer with a flashlight confronted him. The beam in the man's face woke him up, city police said. ...more

October 15, 2007