Rhode Island lawmakers are considering whether to enact a first-in-the-nation bill of rights for the homeless. The bill would prohibit certain groups of people (mainly police officers, landlords, employers and medical workers) from discriminating against the homeless. Just about every ...

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When Catalina Constantin got the order to leave Ocean City, she told her mother back in Bucharest, Romania, that she and a friend were leaving the beach town to go sightseeing. “We know we’re safe but they may not believe ...

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LOS ANGELES — When Gabriela Dorame of Fullerton, Calif., got a German shepherd puppy named Bolto last year, she and her kids decided to have a microchip implanted in the dog with an identification number that makes it easy to ...

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Moments after a woman in a white fedora and a hot-pink, bejeweled bridesmaid gown jumped out of her seat and yelled “Bingo!”, a group of dancing women made their way to her table, rewarding her with a large goody basket. ...

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Each October, churches and other nonprofit organizations sell pumpkins as fundraisers. But some of these gourds take a much longer journey from patch to home. Light House, an Annapolis homeless shelter and support center, gets its annual pumpkin fundraiser supplies ...

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