LOCAL NEWS
Patrick: Tough times are no time for state to hunker downGov. Deval Patrick warned residents of "dark economic clouds" in his annual State of the State speech last Thursday, but said now is not the time to hunker down and wait for skies to clear. More » |
D.C. inauguration spreads cheer, hope to the HubThe cheers at the Cactus Club started early on Tuesday morning, when the cameras first focused in on the moving van hauling the last vestiges of the Bush administration away from the White House. More » |
At Roxbury inaugural gala, local residents celebrate 'incredible moment'They might not have been able to make it all the way to the nation's capital, but residents of Boston's Wards 11 and 19 still danced Tuesday night away at a community gala held at Hibernian Hall in Dudley Square to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Big problems, high hopes await first black U.S. presidentWASHINGTON - Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday before a sea of cheering people gathered to witness the beginning of his tenure and a profound moment in racial history. More » |
President Obama: RFK's prediction finally comes trueIn the early 1960s, then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a promising picture for African Americans. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Haiti's storm emergency fades, but hunger remainsGONAIVES, Haiti - More than 150,000 people are surviving on donated food in the flood-battered city of Gonaives, and the United Nations says more aid is urgently needed to stave off famine in parts of Haiti four months after ravaging storms. More » |
