LOCAL NEWS
Citizen DevalAt the annual St. Patrick's Day roast of Boston politicians, the air was rife with discontent among the Democratic faithful. There was good reason. Little known state Sen. Scott Brown had just scored a stunning upset to claim the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Ted Kennedy. More » |
Neponset River Trail needs MBTA crossingThe MBTA and state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are trying to work out one final issue to clear the way for the proposed extension of a walking and biking path that appears likely to be constructed mostly on the Mattapan side of the Neponset River. More » |
Anti-poverty program puts decisions in families' handsOnce a month, seven groups of families meet in the Jamaica Plain office of the Family Independence Initiative (FII) to discuss their progress toward their goals - starting businesses, learning English, buying a home, fixing bad credit, helping their children get better grades. More » |
Despite tragedy, Springfield woman feels blessedSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - About three weeks after the tornado in Springfield damaged her roof, Nelida Macias went home and found a little box at her front door. More » |
Neighborhood gathers for 'A Night at the Point'Residents of Harbor Point (formerly Columbia Point), both present and former, are gearing up for a reunion style event July 16 at the local Teacher's Union. A night filled with music, food and fun - "A Night at the Point" - is focused on bringing together a community that has weathered its share of storms. More » |
Racial profiling at issue in new seat belt billWould allowing a police officer to stop a driver for not wearing a seat belt lead to more racial profiling in Massachusetts? The Boston branch NAACP thinks so. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Law professors argue Div.1 athletics is full-time jobIs playing big-time college sports an extracurricular activity or a job? Two law professors at Michigan State University, Robert and Amy McCormick, think it is definitely a job for football and basketball players on athletic scholarships at Division I schools. More » |
HUD settles suit over Katrina housing programNEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said last week that it would hand out $62 million to 1,460 Louisiana homeowners to settle a lawsuit that alleged a Hurricane Katrina rebuilding program was unfair to blacks and left many people unable to rebuild in neighborhoods like the Lower 9th Ward after the 2005 storm. More » |
Black economic gains reversed in Great RecessionBALTIMORE - Growing up black in the segregated 1960s, Deborah Goldring slept two to a bed, got evicted from apartment after apartment, and watched her stepfather climb utility poles to turn their disconnected lights back on. Yet Goldring pulled herself out of poverty and earned a middle-class life - until the Great Recession. More » |
WORLD NEWS
A new flag raised: South Sudan celebrates birthJUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan raised the flag of its new nation for the first time Saturday, as thousands of South Sudanese citizens and dozens of international dignitaries swarmed the new country capital of Juba to celebrate the country's birth. More » |
Egypt's latest crisis puts pressure on leadershipCAIRO - The head of Egypt's security forces has defied orders by the prime minister to fire police officers accused of killing protesters during the nation's popular uprising, in a dispute illustrating the strains of a government facing escalating public pressure to bring former regime figures to justice. More » |
