LOCAL NEWS
'Macbeth was a G' West Roxbury school puts new spin on Shakespeare"Welcome, sophomores and my beloved seniors," a beaming Anna Portnoy says to a crowd of 200 students at the West Roxbury Education Complex Auditorium. "Class of Oh-Nine presents 'Macbeth!'" she exclaims. The teenage audience goes crazy, cheering and whistling as the lights dim. More » |
Police Safe Homes plan leads to heated debatesState Sen. Dianne Wilkerson had heard enough. For the last hour or so, she had listened patiently while speakers talked about the ins and outs - mostly outs - of the recently launched Safe Homes Initiative. More » |
BNN gets $500K grant for community media projectsBoston Neighborhood Network (BNN) recently received a welcome financial boost in its mission to provide training, technological access and a public forum for Hub dwellers. More » |
Report: Mass. must become 'new medicine' centerpieceMassachusetts, a leader in the field of life sciences research, must next transform itself into a "new medicine" hub or watch its frontrunner status slip away to California, Singapore and other competitors, a new report on the state of cutting edge research in the Commonwealth concludes. More » |
Patrick administration denies eyeing I-93 tollsA state official suggested last Friday that the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick was considering instituting tolls on Interstate 93, only to have the governor's top aide say hours later nothing of the sort was under consideration - yet. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Philly archivist collected treasures of black historyPHILADELPHIA - As a child growing up in the 1940s, Charles Blockson was once told by a white teacher that black people had made no contributions to history. More » |
Man killed in N.Y. prison once hailed as a cult heroNEW YORK - To some on the streets, Larry Davis was a legend: A black drug dealer who shot six white police officers as they closed in to arrest him, then fled into the night and eluded capture for more than two weeks. More » |
43 years later, Malcolm X killing remains a mysteryNEW YORK - Khalil Islam has always maintained his innocence in the killing of black civil rights leader Malcolm X, despite a conviction and 22 years in prison. More » |
Slain black journalist wins posthumous Polk AwardNEW YORK - A California newspaper editor who was killed while investigating a Black Muslim splinter group's financial dealings is a posthumous winner of a George Polk Award. More » |
