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Poverty
October 19, 2019
California unemployment rate falls to record low of 4%
California's economy kept humming in September, dropping the unemployment rate to a record low 4% statewide and under 2% in ...
October 18, 2019
Homeless, not faceless: After killings, a community mourns
They were figures in Chinatown's street scene: the homeless octogenarian whom residents respectfully greeted as "uncle." The ...
October 18, 2019
School's out: Chicago teachers strike, 1st day deal unlikely
Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city ...
October 15, 2019
The Latest: Nobel winner thought message was scam at first
The Latest on the Nobel Prize in economics (all times local): 1 a.m. Tuesday Michael Kremer was worried the Skype message was ...
October 12, 2019
Tunisia: Post-debate handshake hailed as pro-democracy sign
A media mogul and a former law professor who are vying to be Tunisia's next president sparred during a televised debate over ...
October 12, 2019
Late opera star Jessye Norman's US hometown honors her life
International opera star Jessye Norman never forgot her home in a small Southern U.S. city. And Augusta, Georgia, never ...
October 10, 2019
'We're not alone' - 'Sesame Street' tackles addiction crisis
"Sesame Street" is taking a new step to try to help kids navigate life in America — it's tackling the opioid crisis.
October 10, 2019
A year after Michael, Florida community still in crisis
A year after Hurricane Michael , the Florida county hardest hit by the Category 5 storm is still in crisis: Thousands in Bay ...
October 09, 2019
California governor signs law capping rent increases
California will limit rent increases for some people over the next decade after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law ...
October 08, 2019
World Bank: Trade tensions could block path out of poverty
Rising trade tensions are threatening to block a path out of poverty for the world's poorest countries: their ability to ...
October 08, 2019
Officials release IDs of 3 of the Chinatown homeless victims
Eighty-three-year-old Chuen Kok, one of the four homeless victims bludgeoned to death with a metal rod as he slept on a ...
October 07, 2019
US Rep. Maloney falters at public event, cites bronchitis
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York City is explaining a medical problem she experienced during a public event by saying ...
October 06, 2019
Suspect held in fatal bludgeoning of sleeping homeless men
A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City's Chinatown early Saturday attacking other homeless ...
October 06, 2019
The Latest: Morning arraignment expected in homeless attack
The Latest on homeless men attacked and killed in New York City (all times local): 10:15 p.m. The suspect in the New York ...
October 02, 2019
San Francisco residents use rocks to block homeless camping
A group of San Francisco neighbors said they had to do something to make their street safe. Their answer? Some giant rocks.
October 01, 2019
Trump officials shuffle funds to cover family planning gaps
Federal officials said Monday they're redirecting nearly $34 million to cover gaps in access to birth control for low-income ...
September 30, 2019
Housing woes push into 2020 campaign from Nevada and beyond
Like many, Mario Wolthers was lured to Las Vegas a decade ago from California by cheaper housing costs. But when his ...
September 27, 2019
Trump administration accuses California of water pollution
Escalating its fight with California, the Trump administration accused the state Thursday of failing to stop water pollution ...
September 25, 2019
The Latest: New Zealand says climate crisis has no borders
10:40 p.m. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that the ability of terrorism and climate change to reach across ...
September 23, 2019
'Deficit of trust': At UN, leaders of a warming world gather
The planet is getting hotter, and tackling that climate peril will grab the spotlight as world leaders gather for their ...
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