LOCAL NEWS
The Carnival goes on despite IreneSoaking rains failed to dampen the spirits of revelers who gathered by the thousands for this year's Caribbean Carnival in Grove Hall. More » |
Ex-DC school chief talks about achievement gapEDGARTON, Mass. - When Michelle Rhee joined a panel of experts on Martha's Vineyard to discuss the achievement gap in public education, there was no doubt that she would be a lightning rod in the discussion. More » |
What would MLK say to President Obama?Forty-eight years ago Sunday, when Martin Luther King Jr. was about to make his historic speech on the National Mall, I was huddled close to the statue of Abraham Lincoln, tapping on a portable typewriter, making last-minute changes to my own speech. More » |
Safe at home - Eight security tips for new arrivalsWith the hassles of move-in behind you, it's time to settle in and enjoy your new digs, right? Well, yes - provided you've taken some time to think about the security of that apartment or house you'll be living in. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Powell: Cheney takes 'cheap shots' in bookFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday dismissed as "cheap shots" the criticism leveled at him and others in Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir. More » |
First black naval aviator honored in new filmJesse LeRoy Brown dreamed of becoming a pilot his entire life. As a child, he would watch planes fly overhead, and told his family that he, too, would someday fly airplanes. More » |
Irene spares big cities, but Vt. sees huge floodsMONTPELIER, Vt. - The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight but wasn't yet through with the U.S., where flood waters threatened Vermont towns and big city commuters had to make do with slowly reawakening transit systems. More » |
6 years after Katrina, Lower 9th Ward still bleakNEW ORLEANS - In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the lives that once played out inside their walls hardly imaginable now. More » |
Poll: Obama faces trouble with key votersWhites and women are a re-election problem for President Barack Obama. Younger voters and liberals, too, but to a lesser extent. All are important Democratic constituencies that helped him win the White House in 2008 and whose support he'll need to keep it next year. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Rights group says Libyan troops used human shieldsNEW YORK - Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, "disappearances" and other war crimes that they said they found. More » |
US sending military aid, boats to Libya neighborsThe Pentagon is sending more than $25 million in military equipment, small boats and other support to Tunisia and Malta, two nations that flank Libya and are key allies in the tumultuous region. The funding, detailed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, is part of a $44 million Pentagon aid package, and will serve to bolster Tunisia's fledgling democracy. More » |
