Minor Crimes Exclude U.S. Poor from Housing - Group
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Hundreds of thousands of poor people  are denied access to public housing in the United States  because they have criminal records, sometimes for crimes as  petty as shoplifting, Human Rights Watch said in a report  released on Monday.
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A scheme to introduce weekend prisons for people who commit minor offences is being considered for Scotland.
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Violent crime fell last year, with only a slight uptick in murders marring the overall trend of fewer crimes across the country, the FBI said Monday in its annual crime report.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry  Paulson said on Tuesday a decline in U.S. housing activity has  caused some damage in subprime mortgage markets but was not  hurting the overall economy.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 26, 2004 - The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor swelled to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S.  government said on Thursday in a report sure to fuel Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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Reported incidents were likely a small percentage of actual problems, group says.
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On-the-spot fines mean some persistent offenders are avoiding getting a criminal record, police say.
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Some elderly hurricane victims have missed out on meals, transportation and in-home care because federal officials, citing privacy laws, will not tell government aid groups where they live.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday a decline in U.S. housing activity has caused some damage in subprime mortgage markets but was not hurting the overall economy.
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The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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By JIM FITZGERALD  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A suburban village found guilty of discriminating against Hispanic day laborers has tentatively agreed to prohibit police from routinely asking the workers about their immigration status, the plaintiff's lawyers said Monday.
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Authorities are investigating whether an arson spree at a new housing development in a Washington suburb was a racist hate crime, since many of the homeowners are black, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Workers who come to the United States on short term, seasonal contracts are routinely exploited and have few legal safeguards, according to a report issued on Monday by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Low-income children who receive a high-quality preschool education are more likely to graduate from high school, commit fewer crimes and earn more than children who don&#39;t, a new study suggests.
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CONYERS, Georgia  - Just because you earn a bit above minimum wage doesn't mean you're not one step away from financial ruin, according to people on low wages in two U.S. states.
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The nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported on Sunday.