Post-Sandy Flooding In Haiti
By Caitlin O’Beirne Heavy rains in Haiti on Thursday night caused flooding that collapsed homes and killed at least 16 says the Agenge France Presse. The flooding mostly occurred in Cap-Haitien, Haiti’s second largest city. Cap-Haitien is a port city located in the northern part of Haiti. Among the dead, at least three were identified [...]
Obama Promises Higher Taxes for Wealthy
By Caitlin O’Beirne President Barack Obama defended his budget plan on Friday in preparation for “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Addressing a crowd in the White House East Room, Obama stood by the plan designated throughout his campaign. He specifically promised higher taxes on the wealthy. Obama said discussions with Congressional Leaders would start next week. “I’m [...]
Earthquake hits Guatemala
By Marcos Gonzalez A terrible earthquake shook Guatemala on Wednesday destroying dozens of buildings and killing at least 48 people with many more missing or buried. The quake, which officials called the most powerful earthquake in 36 years to strike the Central American country, hit at 10:35 a.m. along the northern part of Guatemala’s Pacific [...]
Outages Continue in NJ and NY
By Marcos Gonzalez The National Weather Service has extended a wind advisory on Thursday morning as strong, damaging winds from a passing nor’easter continue to affect several states. Packing gusts as high as 54 miles per hour, the storm dumped significant amounts of snow in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York as it rolled through [...]
Rep. Giffords Shooter Sentenced
By Marcos Gonzalez Jared Lee Loughner, the man who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others last year in Tucson, AZ, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after confronting his victims for the first time since the incident. Loughner’s sentence of 7 life terms, plus 140 years brings an end to a [...]
Assad Refuses to Leave Syria
By Marcos Gonzalez Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed, in a recent interview, to ‘live and die’ in Syria. He refuses to flee his country despite the bloody, 19-month-old uprising against him. The broadcast comes two days after British Prime Minister David Cameron mentioned that a safe exit and foreign exile for the London-educated Assad [...]
John Kerry as Secretary of State?
By Marcos Gonzalez With President Barack Obama locked in for another four years at the White House, the big question has quickly become: Who will succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state? Clinton has said she will step down when the current presidential term ends in January. “She intends to see through the transition of [...]
Sen. Scott Brown looses re-election
Republican incumbent Sen. Scott Brown lost his bid for re-election yesterday to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. Brown, won his seat in a 2010 special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy, congratulated Warren and told supporters he isn’t done in politics. (Reporter Elizabeth Gillis) LISTEN: Scott Brown looses Re-election
Graham Spanier Charged
By Marcos Gonzalez State prosecutors charged Penn State’s former president with perjury and child endangerment, accusing him of allowing Jerry Sandusky, a convicted child molester, to prey upon kids. Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly called it a “conspiracy of silence working to conceal the truth, an absolute disregard to the safety of minor children,” containing [...]
Obama Visits Jersey Shore
By Marcos Gonzalez The President Barack Obama came to New Jersey on Wednesday to see what’s left of it, what is left of boardwalks as famous as there are in this world, what is left of Atlantic City and Spring Lakeland and all the other places from Jersey on up that Hurricane Sandy leveled. “The [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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