Popularity on the American Kennel Club list is seen as a mixed blessing among dog breeders and as an outright scourge by their critics.

San José Mayor Matt Mahan unveiled an initiative Thursday that would ratchet up the pressure on homeless people to accept shelter or face jail time. “Homelessness can’t be a choice,” Mahan ...

Shelter, Support and Housing Administration has been renamed Toronto Shelter & Support Services (TSSS) to better reflect the Division’s role as the shelter service system manager in Toronto. The ...

In a storage shed on the outskirts of Victoria, Lisa* keeps all her belongings — decades-old letters, diaries, photo albums and furniture. As the years go by, she worries if there will be a time ...

Hamilton's outdoor shelter now has 19 residents and the plan is for it to be full by the end of the month, operators and city officials say. The temporary shelter on Barton St. W. — which ...

Malissa Tayaba, vice chairperson of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, is leading a charge to protect tribal water rights and preserve cultural connections to California’s waterways. Tayaba, ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on ...

A new temporary homeless shelter for men has opened in a historic church in Halifax's north end. A news release from the Nova Scotia government Friday said the 25-bed shelter on Brunswick Street ...

Massachusetts lawmakers struck a deal Tuesday to pump $425 million into the state’s emergency shelter system while dramatically tightening the number of homeless and migrant families the state ...

A massive 2,200 male-only migrant shelter has opened in the Bronx despite residents venting their opposition to the move and as the city announces the closures of other migrant shelters throughout ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Officials say that the University of Virginia (UVA) was under a shelter-in-place order while police search for a suspect considered to be armed and dangerous. UVA police ...