LOCAL NEWS

Senate delays vote on same-day registration

With formal legislative sessions set to end in just days, local lawmakers are leading an 11th-hour effort to revive a bill, stalled in the state Senate's Ways and Means Committee since February, that could give thousands of Massachusetts citizens the chance to register and vote on Election Day. More »

Peace Garden neighbors cut through city red tape

It didn't have any trees or flowers, and the landscaping wasn't remarkable. But the open plot of land next to 998 Tremont Street had come a long way from being a weed-laden garbage pit. More »

And now, our feature presentation

The Roxbury Film Festival celebrates 10 years of telling our stories the way they need to be told More »

NATIONAL NEWS

New York governor, NAACP condemn magazine cover

CINCINNATI - New York Gov. David Paterson and the NAACP last Thursday condemned the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting Democrat Barack Obama and his wife as flag-burning radicals. More »

WORLD NEWS

Haiti food aid lags while hunger deepens

DESCHAPELLES, Haiti - Every inch of Rivilade Filsame's body hurt, from his swollen, empty stomach to his dried-out, wrinkled skin. The 18-month-old had been crying for so long in the hospital's malnutrition ward that his mother no longer tried to console him. More »

HEALTH

Sickle cell fight is in Dot family's blood

Sickle cell disease affects millions of people all over the world, including about one in 375 African American infants in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. More »

Researchers: Menthol used to attract young smokers

WASHINGTON - Tobacco companies deliberately changed the menthol levels in cigarettes depending upon whom they were marketing them to - lower levels for young smokers who preferred the milder brands and higher levels to "lock in lifelong adult smokers," researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health concluded. More »