LOCAL NEWS
Credibility gap: Students dispute charges of assault, trespassIt was a Friday afternoon when Jannea St. Cyere left her aunt's Columbia Road apartment with her cousins and crossed the street to pick up her 12-year-old sister from the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot School. More » |
Tea partiers rally on Boston CommonThousands of Tea Partiers descended upon the Boston Common last week, protesting high taxes and big government. More » |
Mass. GOP gathers with goal of unseating PatrickWORCESTER, Mass. - Newly elected Sen. Scott Brown implored Massachusetts Republicans on Saturday to rally around gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker, saying he has the best chance of ousting a tempting target, Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, a close ally of President Barack Obama. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
AG Holder in N.C.: More work needed on civil rightsRALEIGH, N.C. - The United States still suffers from racial inequality in everything from unemployment rates to the length of prison terms, Attorney General Eric Holder told a group of civil rights veterans on Saturday. More » |
Ex-mentor: Sharpton is Obama's link to the streetsNEW YORK - The Rev. Al Sharpton is a "lightning rod" for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama's former Harvard mentor and friend said Saturday at a forum in Harlem. More » |
Longtime civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks dead at 85NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who, as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), increased the group's stature, has died. He was 85. State Rep. Ulysses Jones, a member of the church where Hooks was pastor, said Hooks died last Thursday at his home, following a long illness. More » |
Dorothy Height, civil rights activist, dies at 98WASHINGTON - Dorothy Height, who as longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 98. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Zimbabwe marks 30 years under President MugabeHARARE, Zimbabwe - When will all this end? It's a common refrain in Zimbabwe. "Only when the old man goes," said Tinaye Garande, a street vendor. More » |
Haiti lawmakers OK Clinton-led rebuilding panelPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's soon-to-expire parliament has approved the creation of a commission co-chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton to oversee billions in post-quake reconstruction aid, the Ministry of Communications said Friday. More » |
