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Peter Joseph Bis (c. 1951 - August 16, 2012) was a homeless man in Washington, D.C., known by the Capitol Hill community for his social personality and keen, savant-like memory. [1] His usual daytime location was the corner of Second Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE , sitting on a crate under a tree outside an Exxon station by Washington ...
Judiciary Square is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., the vast majority of which is occupied by various federal and municipal courthouses and office buildings. Judiciary Square is located roughly between Pennsylvania Avenue to the south, H Street to the north, 6th Street to the west, and 3rd Street to the east. The ...
The Community for Creative Non-Violence, a homeless charity, paid sculptor James Earl Reid for a statue that depicted the plight of homeless people for a Christmas pageant in Washington DC, called "Third World America". [2] CCNV members visited Reid's Baltimore studio as he made the statue, gave suggestions and directions about its appearance.
Jurors deliberated for five days before declaring Daniel Penny not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train on 1 May 2023.
A homeless man with a history of carrying large knives was arrested Tuesday for the fatal stabbing of another homeless man in an encampment in Washington Square Park last month, according to cops.
A shooting spree across New York and Washington DC resulted in the killings of two men, and three others were injured. That year, at least 15 homeless New Yorkers were murdered. A year earlier, 22 ...
Picciotto died on 25 January 2016, 10 days after her 80th birthday, at N Street Village, a non-profit organization that supports homeless women in Washington. The cause of death was not immediately known but she experienced a fall moments before her death.
Under intense pressure, the Reagan administration agreed to lease the Federal property to CCNV for $1 a year. Later the Federal government transferred the property to DC. It remains the largest shelter in Washington to this day. Snyder fasted twice to force the Reagan administration to renovate the building. The first fast ended on the eve of ...