LOCAL NEWS
Debate over cold meds for kids hinges on safety issueThe first frost of the season hit Boston last week, and as every parent knows, the colds, coughs, stuffy noses and sore throats aren't far behind. More » |
Hub student helps U.S. newcomers find refugeShirley Austin has been through a lot. Her family could have been killed during confrontations between Muslims and Christians in Jos, Nigeria, in the 1990s. For seven years, she couldn't see her mother, Josephine, who fled to the United States, afraid of local riots. She left Africa at 17 in search of safety and a chance to reunite her family. More » |
Mass. auto insurance overhaul is underwayMost drivers can look forward to a drop in their car insurance rates under the state's new competitive system, but insurance officials couldn't say how big the average decrease would be statewide. More » |
ACLU skeptical of police warrantless search planBoston police are asking parents in high-crime areas to let detectives search their children's bedrooms for guns without warrants in a new anti-crime program. More » |
Boxing legend Johnson's musings now new memoirSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Jack Johnson, addicted to attention and craving a colorful legacy, loved to chronicle his rise from a restless Texas teen to the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion. More » |
At intersection of hoops and hip-hop, Hub teens find JesusThere is a group of young men gathered at mid-court, and there is a basketball. From a distance, it looks like the start of any other pickup game, when players jockey for position at center court to await the tip-off. More » |
HUD tenants rally in Fens, call for full Sec. 8 fundingFor Carolann Livingstone and her nine-year-old son, public housing is a matter of life and death. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
FBI report: Hate crimes rose almost 8 percent in 2006WASHINGTON - Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by nearly 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to account for more than half of reported instances. More » |
Penn's collaboration with Philly on school a successPHILADELPHIA - In science class this fall, Maxwell Gontarek has been learning about genetic engineering by observing the offspring of two zebra fish - an albino father and a wild mother. More » |
Hawkins, first black Calif. congressman, dies at 100LOS ANGELES - Augustus Hawkins, who was California's first black congressman and helped form the Congressional Black Caucus, has died. He was 100. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Outgoing EU envoy blasts Malaysia as 'one-party state'KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The European Union's outgoing ambassador has soundly criticized Malaysia, describing it as a virtual one-party state that discriminates against minorities and foreign investors by openly favoring the majority Malay Muslims. More » |
