LOCAL NEWS
Mother Caroline aims to teach whole familyJust up the hill from the shops and restaurants of Grove Hall's Mecca Mall sits a well-kept, beige-brick community mecca of a different kind: Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center. More » |
As prez race heats up, Dialogues are crucialIn recent months, the heated competition for the Democratic presidential nomination has sparked a litany of conversations about race across the country. More » |
Hub anti-drug abuse groups get $2M boostIn what Mayor Thomas M. Menino called an "absolutely critical" step in funding local substance abuse programs, Gov. Deval Patrick last week awarded the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) nearly $2 million to help fund neighborhood groups working to combat drug and alcohol addictions. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Alternatives to custody are urged for juvenile offendersNEW YORK - Facing 18 months of state detention for robbery, the 16-year-old from Staten Island said he's hoping to earn his high school equivalency and go to college. He didn't have a particular hope regarding his transfer to one of the state's 35 residential facilities. More » |
Pastor is only black member of white, affluent churchSAN MARINO, Calif. - Microphone in hand, the Rev. Art Cribbs eases himself onto the chancel steps until he is at eye level with the tiniest of his congregants. They gather around eagerly as he pulls out a toy globe and begins to spin it, his finger stopping on Africa. More » |
Racial tensions heating up again in Brooklyn's Crown HeightsNEW YORK - Seventeen years after race riots left the streets of Crown Heights bloodied, tensions are rising again in the neighborhood restlessly shared by Orthodox Jews and blacks. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Inflation in Zimbabwe over 1 million percentHARARE, Zimbabwe - Weary Zimbabweans are facing a new wave of massive price increases that put many basic goods out of their reach. More » |
Opposition leader Tsvangirai returns to ZimbabweHARARE, Zimbabwe - Opposition leader and presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland last Saturday, stopping first to visit hospitalized supporters who had been targeted in an onslaught of state-sponsored violence. More » |
Thousands seeking refuge near Cape of Good HopeMore than 2,000 foreigners are crammed into a makeshift refugee camp on the shores of the Atlantic, seeking protection from xenophobic attacks that have killed more than 50 people across the country and devastated South Africa's image as a haven of stability. More » |
