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San Francisco - As the Bay Area rolls out the welcome mat for Super Bowl 50, many of San Francisco's homeless residents are feeling anything but welcome in their own city as they claim officials are pushing them aside to keep them hidden during the big event.

Albuquerque - The Albuquerque Police Department says its officers were justified in killing a mentally ill homeless man with a history of violence who was camping illegally in the city's foothills.

Saint Louis - Health officials in St. Louis have ordered a street church to stop serving hot meals to the city's homeless residents, stoking widespread public outrage.

Little Rock - Hundreds of tenants who are unable to pay their rent are jailed each year under Arkansas' draconian 'failure-to-vacate' law.