LOCAL NEWS
Second Suffolk candidates talk issues, accountabilityThe hottest political race in the city came to a head last Thursday evening at English High School in Jamaica Plain, where state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and Sonia Chang-Diaz, her opponent in the upcoming Sept. 16 Democratic primary election, debated some of the most pressing issues in the Second Suffolk District. More » |
Mass. group raises $219,000 for pot decriminalizationA man charged with drug offenses nearly a decade ago after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student fatally overdosed on laughing gas contributed $25,000 to supporters of a ballot question to decriminalize minor marijuana possession because he believes changing the law could help avert future tragedies. More » |
Ewing, Olajuwon linked again, this time in HallSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing and Pat Riley were enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame last Friday night, but it was inductee Dick Vitale who, as expected, stole the show. More » |
City changes some polling places before state primaryThe city's Elections Department on Monday announced changes to a number of polling locations throughout the city, hoping to inform prospective voters of shifts in time for this coming Tuesday's state primary elections. More » |
Hub anti-crime activist Georgette Watson diesGeorgette Watson, a community activist that co-founded the successful "Drop-a-Dime" hotline, died on Aug. 29 in Baltimore. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Sept. 11, 7 years later: Where are we now?It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. No longer yesterday. Not yet history. More » |
Seeing hope in Ohio, Obama shifts schedule thereDILLONVALE, Ohio - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who once pledged to compete in every U.S. state, has shifted his thinking. Now, he'll pick and choose where to spend time and money in his race against Republican John McCain. More » |
At GOP convention, diversity on display, except on stageST. PAUL, Minn. - The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the Republican Party as a picture of diversity. What it didn't offer is many minorities speaking from the podium in prime time, or sitting among the delegates. More » |
Basketball pioneer Haskins dies at 78EL PASO, Texas - Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died last Sunday. He was 78. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Food, aid rushed to storm-slammed HaitiGONAIVES, Haiti - Authorities fear that the death toll in the flooded city of Gonaives could rise into the hundreds as U.N. peacekeepers and aid groups rush food and water to tens of thousands left hungry by the combined devastation of Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike. More » |
South Africans protest mass eviction order in courtJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Dancing the toyi-toyi, stomping their feet and singing protest songs, more than 100 residents of the informal Joe Slovo settlement in Cape Town and their supporters rallied outside of South Africa's Constitutional Court last month in support of the community's right to adequate housing. More » |
