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This Atlanta neighborhood hired a case manager to address rising homelessness − and it’s improving health and safety for everyone

Homelessness has surged across the United States in recent years, rising 19% from 2016 though 2023. The main cause is a severe shortage of affordable housing. Rising homelessness has renewed debates about use of public space and how encampments affect public safety.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 16 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Two men were shot in the Loop as crowds flocked downtown for the annual dyeing of the Chicago River before the St. Patrick’s Day parade, Iggy Pop performed at The Salt Shed, and more in our best photos of the last week.

Chicago Sun-Times

As SNAP recipients see reduction in funds, Chicago residents make adjustments: ‘I make do’

Starting this month, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will see a decrease in their benefits after a coronavirus pandemic-era funding boost ended.

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Three men jailed for cropping puppies' ears illegally

'Ear cropping is a barbaric, painful procedure carried out purely to achieve a 'desired look' and to make a dog appear tougher and is illegal in the UK'

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Puppy is 'terrified of the rain' after having ears brutally chopped off

Lyla the bulldog has been left scared of the rain after her ears were illegally cropped as a puppy - now her adoptive owners dread taking her for walks in the drizzle as she 'can't stop the water going in her ears'

Daily Mirror

Italian makeover: the Brisbane bottle shops evolving into wine bars

A number of independent wine merchants are taking up the hybrid store/bar concept and ‘building a community’

The Guardian - AU

Puppies found in semi-comatose state after having ears cruelly cropped

WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES. Three men have been sentenced after three puppies were found with cropped ears - the dog have been taken into the RSPCA's care and placed into foster homes

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Bloodied and wounded puppies seized as man jailed for illegal ear-cropping

Three wounded puppies were rescued after three men had conducted a barbaric and illegal operation on them to crop their ears in a flat in Staffordshire

Daily Mirror

A note to students: read the greats of Northern Irish literature. Then watch Derry Girls

I tried to explain what it was like for me growing up in Northern Ireland. Then I found that this great sitcom did it better, says Caroline Magennis, reader in 20th and 21st century literature

The Guardian - UK

Sir Gordon Downey obituary

Senior civil servant and parliamentary commissioner for standards who investigated the ‘cash for questions’ affair

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