States and municipalities that already crackdown on open illicit drug use and urban camping, loitering or squatting, and ...

With the July heat beating down and school out of session, one critical summer refuge is now closed because of the AFSCME District Council 33 city workers strike — the Free Library of Philadelphia.

D.C. officials are defending programs that assist the city’s homeless population after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that changes the way he wants states and cities to treat ...

Indianapolis city leaders discussed upcoming homeless pilot program. They ignored an encampment in Fountain Square, critics said.

Ahead of a new program that will change how the city deals with homelessness, officials caved to mounting pressure and shut ...

City leaders are divided over how to address homelessness as a major camp faces closure and federal pressure mounts.

A UMass Amherst student interning on Capitol Hill was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., after being caught in a dispute between rival groups, police said.

A D.C. man says he tried to do a good deed only to have it backfire with hundreds of dollars worth of items stolen. Now, he’s warning other people who want to help the homeless to be careful.

How to watch fireworks in Washington DC Apart from attending at the National Mall, various spots in and around Washington D.C. serve as good viewing places for the fireworks show.

A congressional intern was killed Monday night just outside an entrance to the Mount Vernon Square Metro Station in a triple shooting that also injured a 16-year-old.

Congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., with two others injured in what police believe was not a targeted attack on the UMass student ...