LOCAL NEWS
Biotech consortium OKs RCC programRoxbury Community College (RCC) is among eight Massachusetts community colleges receiving official endorsement from the Massachusetts Life Science Education Consortium (MLSEC) for their degree and certificate programs in biotechnology. More » |
Gov. Council approves Mass. high court nomineeRoderick Ireland won confirmation last week as the first black chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and said one of his top goals is making the court system more user-friendly. More » |
Court denies appeal in fashion writer deathA black trash collector convicted of raping and murdering a white Cape Cod fashion writer lost his bid for a new trial last week when the state's highest court rejected his claims that racial bias tainted the jury's deliberations. More » |
Deploying soldier gets early holiday giftLOWELL, Mass. - As Spc. Vannek Pech was waiting to board an aircraft that would fly him and 70 other deploying soldiers from Hanscom Air Force Base to the mobilization site at Fort Bliss, Texas on Dec. 6, 2010, he had a lot on his mind. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
150 years later, Civil War still debatedCHARLESTON, South Carolina - At South Carolina's Secession Gala, men in frock coats and militia uniforms and women in hoopskirts will sip mint juleps as a band called Unreconstructed plays "Dixie." More » |
Religious leaders tackle HIV/AIDS discussionPHILADELPHIA - Pastor Alyn Waller of Enon Baptist Tabernacle is no stranger to addressing HIV in the church setting. More » |
Brown helps block gay military ban repeal debateSen. Scott Brown voted last week to block debate on a repeal of the federal ban on gays serving openly in the military, arguing that the Senate should first vote on a tax package. More » |
WORLD NEWS
New book opens Mandela's personal archive to readersTwenty years ago, Nelson Mandela walked away from prison a free man. For his relentless resistance to apartheid, Mandela had been incarcerated for nearly three decades on charges of sabotage designed to overthrow the South African government. More » |
Haiti protests ease, US senator pressures govtPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Shops opened sporadically, the airport took in cargo flights and fewer flaming barricades blocked streets Friday as Haiti's capital struggled to emerge from two days of riots over the disputed presidential election. More » |
Ivory Coast poll winner tries to govern from hotelABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - From a hotel room just big enough to hold a bed and a desk, the man considered the legitimate president of Ivory Coast is trying to govern a troubled nation whose sitting president refuses to leave. More » |
