LOCAL NEWS
Job fair brings teens, employers togetherAbout 300 Boston teens attended a job fair last week organized by GOTCHA (Get Off The Corner Hangin' Around), a collaborative of Roxbury and Dorchester community organizations. Held at the Bird Street Community Center in Uphams Corner, the event gave high school students a chance to connect with dozens of organizations looking to hire youth for summer jobs. More » |
Jackson ready to work for constituents in District 7Tito Jackson got his start in community activism visiting construction job sites with his father, Herb Kwaku Zulu Jackson, whose Greater Roxbury Workers Association helped blacks and Latinos secure jobs in the white-dominated building trades. More » |
Patrick: Trade mission productive, successfulGov. Deval Patrick on Friday declared his 10-day overseas trade mission a success while dismissing criticism that the trip was short on substance and diverted his attention from serious issues back home. More » |
Lawmakers launch Mass. redistricting processA legislative commission unveiled a website and announced a series of public hearings last week as it began the sensitive task of carving out new political districts in Massachusetts that will reflect the loss of a congressional seat. More » |
'Courage and Conviction' to be honored at banquetThe Greater Boston Section of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) will hold their 19th annual Women of Courage & Conviction Awards Banquet at Montvale Plaza in Stoneham this Saturday, March 26. More » |
Starr's latest boy band: HeartBeat BoysLocal legend Maurice Starr returns to Boston this week after a 15-year absence with a new band in tow. His newest group, the HeartBeat Boys - comprised of 12 year olds Erik Feliciano and Dakota Carey, 16 year old Brandon Feliciano and 17 year olds Kristian Maldonado and Anthony Sacco - will perform this Saturday, March 26 at 4 p.m. at the Strand Theater for the Healing of Boston Concert. More » |
Mass. pols gather for annual St. Patrick's roastGov. Deval Patrick's recent travels and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's history as a fashion model added some of the fodder to the annual St. Patrick's Day political roast Sunday, as Massachusetts' political heavyweights gathered to trade barbs and celebrate the state's Irish-American heritage. More » |
Mass. diversifies its ranks with female cadetsDANVERS - Being a case manager at a Social Security disability law firm didn't cut it for 25-year-old Jacquelyn Richards. The Danvers High Class of 2004 graduate had earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Northeastern University in 2009, and though she had secured a good desk job, she was frustrated because she was not using the skills she learned in school. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Libya bombing called successful; endgame unclearWASHINGTON - The U.S. on Sunday claimed initial success two days into an assault on Libya that included some of the heaviest firepower in the American arsenal - long-range bombers designed for the Cold War - but American officials said Sunday it was too early to define the international military campaign's endgame. More » |
Health care overhaul taking root in divided nationWASHINGTON - A year after President Barack Obama signed his health care overhaul, the law remains so divisive that Americans can't even agree on what to call it. Even so, it is taking root in the land. More » |
CIA chief talks about diversity at Ga. collegeATLANTA - CIA Director Leon Panetta told students at the nation's only all-male historically black college that the agency needs a more diverse workforce that represents the world it engages. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Aristide receives warm welcome in HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home Friday from a seven-year exile to the warm embrace of jubilant supporters despite criticism from the United States and domestic opponents who said his presence could disrupt the weekend's already delayed presidential election. More » |
Obama takes in Rio with Libya on his mindRIO DE JANEIRO - President Barack Obama, slipping from economic pitchman to grand tourist, is immersing himself in the sights and sounds of boisterous Rio de Janeiro even as he juggles the demands of U.S. military action in faraway Libya. More » |
