LOCAL NEWS
Budget cuts threaten youth summer jobsCity youth face a tougher challenge finding jobs this summer, and at least one city official is citing federal budget cuts as partly to blame. More » |
Recreating the lost language of the Wampanoag peopleThere was a prophecy among the Wampanoag that their language would disappear, but if they wanted it, there would be a way to welcome the Wopanaak language back. More » |
Mass. court makes key ruling on immigrant benefitsImmigrant advocates are praising a decision by Massachusetts' highest court that they said could help restore full subsidized health care to tens of thousands of legal immigrants living in the state. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Obama to bin Laden assault team: 'Job well done'FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Brimming with pride, President Barack Obama on Friday met and honored the U.S. commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, saluting them on behalf of America and the world and capping an extraordinary week for the country. "Job well done," the president declared. More » |
Students retrace 1961 Freedom RidesRICHMOND, Va. - Charles Reed Jr. is skipping his college graduation ceremony to do something much more significant to him: retracing the original 1961 Freedom Ride and paying tribute to those who helped win the civil rights that his generation enjoys. More » |
'... A few small steps'Fifty years ago, a group of students boarded two buses with the simple but revolutionary goal - to travel together from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans. The students, both black and white, wanted to confront brutal Southern segregation practices, which barred integrated travel. More » |
Bin Laden's death a tough subject for the pulpitVIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - The killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was the face of evil for Americans for nearly a decade, left Christians, Jews and Muslims relieved, proud or even jubilant. For their religious leaders, it was sometimes hard to know just what to say. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Ouattara takes oath months after Ivory Coast voteABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara took the oath of office, five months after the election that nearly ripped the African nation in two and left hundreds dead when the country's strongman refused to concede defeat. More » |
Mexico sending troops to north amid attacksMEXICO CITY - Mexico sent hundreds of soldiers and federal police to a drug-violence plagued northern region Friday, the same day cartel gunmen fired on a military convoy with a grenade launcher and hit a bus carrying employees of a U.S.- owned assembly plant. More » |
Protection fees, stolen ammo extend Somalia's warMOGADISHU, Somalia - Ammunition intended for peacekeepers ends up in militant hands. Humanitarian workers pay Somali Islamist rebels protection money. U.N. and Somali officials are accused of skimming from contracts. More » |
