According to the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, 500,000 to 600,000 people in the US experience homelessness on any given night; approximately one-third of them sleep on the streets.
A 57-year-old homeless man, who died from cold weather exposure Christmas day, was trying to travel from Louisiana to Tennessee to get to family members, officials said. Charles Wilson Ligon
A shocking video showing a Louisiana gas station clerk hurling a giant bucket of water at a homeless person in freezing 26 degree weather has resulted in the worker being fired.