LOCAL NEWS

New guide helps tenants fight off foreclosure

The number of foreclosures continues to rise in Massachusetts, and the troubling tide is affecting not only homeowners, but renters as well. More »

Springfield author sheds light on autism

After Jacqueline Williams-Hines found out that her son was autistic, she wrote a poem to help process her emotions and better understand how to deal with the diagnosis. More »

Hub student named one of top U.S. teens by Ebony

Vivian Mbawuike (pronounced em-BOW-ee-kay) speaks with passion about reclaiming self-described "thugs" - her teenage classmates, friends and neighbors who have honed their identities through tough, anti-social behavior. These are the kids with the knives and guns. Like the teenagers who killed her cousin. More »

NATIONAL NEWS

Around the world, much is expected from Obama

LONDON - Here's all Barack Obama has to do to meet the world's expectations if he's elected U.S. president: More »

WORLD NEWS

Cuba's urban farming program a stunning success

HAVANA - For Miladis Bouza, the global food crisis arrived two decades ago. Now, her efforts to climb out of it could serve as a model for people around the world struggling to feed their families. More »


HEALTH

Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis

NEW YORK - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association (AMA) when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage. More »

IN THE NEWS

Royal Nunes

Dorchester resident Royal Nunes recently received the Special Recognition Award for Activism at the 2008 Massachusetts Victims Rights Awards for the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance. The award supports a survivor of crime who has transformed the negative experience of victimization into positive change and healing by promoting the rights of victims of crime. More »


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