LOCAL NEWS
Patrick announces bill, order to reform CORIGov. Deval Patrick last week announced a bill and an executive order, both aimed at stemming what some have called excesses in the state's Criminal Offender Records Information (CORI) law. More » |
BU, Morehouse archives of MLK papers to hit WebVita Paladino remembers. She remembers watching on television as the hoses unloaded, the water hammering black bodies to the pavement amid the crowded chaos of Southern streets. She remembers watching the horrors visited upon blacks during the civil rights demonstrations of the 1960s. She remembers being mortified. More » |
Patrick seeks to raise workers? health care ratesGov. Deval Patrick wants to shift more of the cost of health care onto the backs of state workers as a way to save money and help close a $1.3 billion budget gap. More » |
Mass. program helps out American Indian veteransBEDFORD - Army veteran Craig Cournoyer left behind his community of 400 people on a South Dakota reservation, moving thousands of miles to learn how to fix moldy, broken-down ventilation systems. More » |
Cape Cod killing case jurors questioned about racial biasBARNSTABLE - Some jurors who convicted a black garbage man in the murder of a white fashion writer traded allegations of racism last Thursday in an unusual hearing called by the judge to determine whether their verdict was tainted by racial bias. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Minority voters taking center stage in electionWith nomination contests in lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire settled, minority voting power now moves into the spotlight. More » |
Kerry endorses Obama over chief rivals Clinton, EdwardsCHARLESTON, S.C. - John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, gave Barack Obama?s campaign a needed boost with an endorsement that followed Hillary Rodham Clinton's emotional victory over the Illinois senator in the New Hampshire primary. More » |
Consumer confidence study lays out economic concernsWASHINGTON - Consumer confidence fell to an all-time low as worries about jobs, energy bills and home foreclosures darkened people's feelings about the country's economic health and their own financial well-being. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Analysts: Kenyan violence cost nation up to $1 billionSAMBURU, Kenya - Lounging by the hotel pool in one of Kenya's storied nature reserves, Debbie Shillito sees one small advantage to the travel warnings issued after a presidential election here sparked violence. More » |
Brazil's carnival: How to celebrate - and surviveRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Everyone knows Rio de Janeiro's carnival is supposed to be the greatest party on Earth, but to many, the hordes of sweaty, scantily clad bodies on display can be as intimidating as they are inviting. More » |
