LOCAL NEWS
'Winds of change'Former President of Zanzibar Amani Abeid Karume shed light last week on the popular revolutions sweeping northern Africa to an eager crowd at Boston University. More » |
TechBoston still basking after Obama visitThe presidential aura is still lingering through the halls of TechBoston Academy. It has been over a week since President Barack Obama's March 8 visit to the Dorchester school, but students, teachers and administrators are still gushing about the packed audience, national media and generous words from Obama himself. " ... I wanted to come to TechBoston so that the rest of America can see how it's done," Obama explained. More » |
MA lawmakers exempt from open meeting lawMassachusetts lawmakers are promising transparency as they begin work on what could be one of the most difficult state budgets in years. Yet some key decisions on how to spend the state's money and bridge an estimated $1.5 billion gap could still be made in private, out of earshot of the public and the press. More » |
Sen. Kerry vows to fight GOP cuts to Head StartSen. John Kerry faulted Republicans Monday for pushing cuts to the Head Start program, saying the nation's budget shouldn't be balanced on the backs of those who rely on critical social service programs. More » |
New book sheds new light on Lincoln's racial viewsMcLEAN, Va. - Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has inspired Americans for generations, but consider his jarring remarks in 1862 to a White House audience of free blacks, urging them to leave the U.S. and settle in Central America. More » |
Tito Jackson wins District 7 in a landslideHeavy favorite Tito Jackson easily beat Cornell Mills in the District 7 city council race to replace the ousted Chuck Turner. A former aide to Gov. Deval Patrick and son of a community activist, Jackson earned 82 percent of the vote. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Critics question effectiveness of Civil Rights CommissionWASHINGTON - Halfway through his term, President Barack Obama is moving to wrest control of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from Republican appointees, but questions are being raised about its future and its ability to create a better America for victims of discrimination. More » |
Inner-city riders reach for pinnacle in poloPHILADELPHIA - There's something special, something unique, about the players on the Cowtown/Work To Ride polo team. More » |
Fort Huachuca 'officers club' could be bulldozedTUCSON, Ariz. - Decades ago, the patrons of Fort Huachuca's "Colored Officers Club" fought an uphill battle for equality in the U.S. Army. More » |
Iraq, Afghanistan veterans struggle to find jobsWASHINGTON - After almost two years in New York looking for work in law enforcement, Iraq veteran Christopher Kurz just moved back in with his parents in Arizona. His military police work in Iraq and aboard a nuclear aircraft carrier didn't seem to translate into a job. More » |
Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issueWASHINGTON - Labor unions at the heart of a burning national disagreement over the cost of public employees want to frame the debate as a civil rights issue, an effort that may draw more sympathy to public workers being blamed for busting state budgets with generous pensions. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Interview: Libyan rebels plead for no-fly zoneBAYDA, Libya - A rebel leader pleaded Saturday with the international community to approve a no-fly zone over Libya as Moammar Gadhafi's forces gained strength in the east, securing a key port city and oil refinery. More » |
Hundreds of bodies wash ashore in quake-hit JapanTAGAJO, Japan - There are just too many bodies. Hundreds of dead have washed ashore on Japan's devastated northeast coast since last week's earthquake and tsunami. Others were dug out of the debris Monday by firefighters using pickaxes and chain saws. More » |
Would-be soldiers hope for revival of Haitian armyPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Their military fatigues faded and their grizzled faces stern, the squad of veterans barks out orders to rows of young men and women who sweat as they run through exercises under the blazing Caribbean sun. More » |
