A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know
The first Holy Year was called in 1300 and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Editorial: Let’s stop killing animals in shelters and get more of them adopted out
Life in an animal shelter for dogs and cats and other creatures that have the misfortune to end up there is never great. They can languish for months, waiting to be adopted out to what animal ...
Seattle Times8d
Seattle overhauled its homeless shelters. Did it work?
Seattle transformed its homeless shelters based on the theory that if they felt safer and more restful, more people would leave homelessness. Since 2017, the city has spent millions to convert ...
New York Post5d
Groups running NYC homeless shelters took massive salaries as questions remain over taxpayer-funded contracts: report
Top executives of taxpayer-funded groups running the city’s homeless shelters gave themselves massive salaries — and some of the nonprofits still haven’t reported their pay, a shocking new ...
The New York Times27d
Officials May Close Huge N.Y.C. Migrant Shelter, Fearing Trump Crackdown
By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Dana Rubinstein New York City officials are drawing up plans to shutter a giant Brooklyn migrant shelter amid concerns that the facility will attract the unwanted ...
Global News27d
‘It’s appalling’: How women’s shelters in Canada can’t keep up with soaring demand
Shelters for women and children in Canada say they are in a crisis, with not enough beds to keep up with demand for their service. The Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network reports ...
Newsweek29d
Shelter Dog Alone Again After Best Friend Adopted: 'Losing Hope'
A shelter dog named Misty has suffered the heartbreak of seeing her best friend adopted while she has yet to find a forever home of her own. Misty first arrived at the Community Animal Rescue ...
Toronto Star12d
Toronto to add six new permanent homeless shelters by 2030. Here’s where they will be located
The City of Toronto is planning to open six new permanent shelter sites in the coming years, with two scheduled to open in 2027 and four expected to open between 2028 and 2030. The new sites ...
Sky25d
Germany making list of bomb shelters for new app as tensions with Russia rise
Germany is drawing up a list of bunkers for a new app to help civilians find emergency shelter amid increasing tensions with Russia. Residents are also being encouraged to turn garages and ...
Fox News29d
Blue state to shutter over a dozen migrant shelters as Trump’s set to implement deportation agenda
Deep blue New York will shutter 12 migrant shelters before the end of the year, just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Two hotels-turned-migrant shelters in the city have ...
New York Post21d
NYC closes 7 more migrant shelters as influx slows — but 56K asylum seekers still in city system
A steep drop in the influx of migrants has led New York City to close another seven emergency shelters in recent days — bringing the total to 11 over the past month, The Post has learned.