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Baton Rouge, Louisiana (CNN) Baton Rouge Police Officer Blane Salamoni has been fired for violating use-of-force policies in the Alton Sterling shooting, Chief Murphy Paul told ... The call was from a homeless man who said that after he approached Sterling for money, Sterling showed him the weapon.

A young black transgender woman was shot dead in a Louisiana motel this week, becoming at least the seventh transgender woman known to have been killed ... Transgender people frequently face economic hardships, discrimination in housing and hiring, and high rates of homelessness, Mr. Okma said, ...
This shelter is Monroe's only overnight homeless shelter and provides services to 30 or more men per night but can only house up to seven women per night. ... With such prevalent homelessness across the nation, it is a shame for shelters to be forced to close their doors on those who need help the most.
He received football scholarship offers to many schools in California, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada and Georgia. “Out of nowhere, life hit me hard again,” said Allen. One afternoon during a high school practice, Allen took a hard hit to his leg that sent him to the hospital, where he learned he'd torn ...
Chronic homelessness is defined as being homeless for a year or more or with four or more episodes of homelessness in the past three years, and the head of ... “I was speaking to a couple of young ladies from Louisiana (who became homeless in Louisiana said) there's nothing there for the homeless,” ...
Progress is being made in the ongoing effort to combat homelessness, Guidry said. The former Houma-Terrebonne Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance program merged in December with the Louisiana Balance of State, which consists of other former COCs. This collaborative endeavor will provide ...
Together with a group of friends, they ran at the second annual Central Louisiana Homeless Coalition's Freeze to the Finish 5k in the 1-mile fun run and 5k as the Homeless Heroes. At the end of the run, while posing for a group photo with about 160 other runners and walkers, they sang "Happy Birthday" to ...
1 releasing non-violent, non-sex offenders marginally earlier by earning good time quicker — claims in the suit that Louisiana Corrections Secretary James ... Marchiafava took a bus to Baton Rouge upon his December release from prison, spending his first few weeks at a St. Vincent de Paul homeless ...
... against two Baton Rouge police officers in the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling, after an investigation determined that the shooting was justified, Louisiana Attorney General ... The call was from a homeless man who said that after he approached Sterling for money, Sterling showed him the weapon.


 

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