Eviction News

Barcelona - Anti-eviction activists blocked Wednesday the entrance to 12 branches of Spain's Banco Popular bank, which they accuse of not doing enough to prevent struggling mortgage holders from losing their homes.

Pekin - "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," or so the saying goes, and one man in Illinois found that for him that was true when he kicked his woman out of the family home.

Azuara - A family traveled to Azuara in 2011 to stay in their holiday home in the town, only to find that the bank had evicted them and most of their belongings were gone. It seems the bank had cleared the wrong home and are still refusing to reimburse them.

Barcelona - A group of around 43 immigrants, many of them Nigerians and Senegalese, have locked themselves into a Barcelona, Spain church after they were evicted from warehouses in the city on Wednesday. The immigrants had lived there for two years.

Newark - Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has two weeks to pay $504,000 in back taxes, if she doesn't she faces a potential three years in prison for tax evasion, a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey said Monday afternoon.

Pamplona - In 2012, more than 50,000 families were evicted from their homes in Spain for nonpayment of their rent or mortgage. Then the suicides began. Now locksmiths in Pamplona say, no more - they will not assist with evictions.

Bilbao - 53-year-old Amaia Egaña was to be evicted from her home in Barakaldo, Bilbao, Spain. Rather than face homelessness, she jumped to her death from her balcony.

McDonald's is suing the City of Milan for 24 million Euros in damages after the city authorities evicted the fast-food chain from a shopping arcade, a major tourist attraction, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

Fayetteville - Putting past conflicts aside, Occupy Atlanta members and police stood side by side on Monday in a show of support for retired Atlanta Police Detective Jaqueline Barber.

Karlsruhe - During an eviction, the gunman took several people hostage, including the bailiff. Police believed that one person was dead.