Super Storm Aftermath in New York
By Marcos Gonzalez It was a super storm that made history, left several dead and a large amount of destruction, and crippled the mass transit system to its worse conditions in over 100 years. Hurricane Sandy pounded New York City Tuesday, with around 32 people being pronounced dead by authorities during the storm’s lethal two-day [...]
Israel Admits to Murder
By Marcos Gonzalez More than 24 years after Palestinian military leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir was assassinated in Tunisia, Israel admits to being behind the attack that was carried out by their spy organization also known as Massad. Khalil Wazir was shot dead in the early hours of April 16, 1988 in a raid on the [...]
Martha Coakley Appoints Investigator
By Marcos Gonzalez An independent investigator will be appointed oversee the state drug lab investigation, as state officials seek a $30 million reserve fund to reimburse agencies and cities dealing the scandal. Attorney General Martha Coakley yesterday agreed to demands from groups of criminal defense lawyers and the Massachusetts ACLU to step down from the [...]
Massachusetts residents regain power
By Caitlin O’Beirne Power outages in Massachusetts dropped into the hundreds on Friday. The National Grid expected to complete repairs by Friday. National Grid Spokeswoman Deborah Drew said to Boston Globe reporters, “This stage is usually described as picking up the onesies and twosies.” All but 690 National Grid customers have regained power in MA. [...]
C.I.A. Provides Information on Libya Attack
By Caitlin O’Beirne Senior United States Intelligence Officials stepped forward to reveal information about the Central Intelligence Agency’s involvement in the attack in Benghazi, Libya that took place on the anniversary of September 11. The officials have provided the most detailed timeline of what the CIA did that night. 25 minutes after the consulate first [...]
Positive Labor Report Helps Both Candidates
By Caitlin O’Beirne A rise in job growth in the United States was reported in a Labor Department report on Friday morning. The report said that jobs increased by 171,000 in the month of October. This is 84,000 more jobs than were reported in the past two months. This also exceeds the average amount of [...]
Mayor Pressured to Cancel NYC Marathon
By Caitlin O’Beirne New York City’s 43rd annual marathon will not be held this Sunday after controversy broke out about the race being held less than a week after the devastating Hurricane Sandy. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s original decision to continue with the 26.2 mile race has sparked a heated debate. Social networks channeled the opposition [...]
Hurricane Results in Gasoline Shortage
By Caitlin O’Beirne Gasoline has become increasingly sparse in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy. Millions of homes and businesses along the East Coast are still without power. Sixty percent of gas stations in New Jersey and 70% of gas stations in New York City are closed because of power outages. Thirteen fuel [...]
Afghanistan Suicide Bombing Kills 25
By Caitlin O’Beirne A suicide bomber outside an Afghanistan mosque on Friday morning killed 45 people and wounded 60. The explosion occurred in front of the Eid Gah mosque in Maymana, the capital of the Faryab Province. Top officials were inside the mosque to participate in prayers for the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday. The New [...]
Reports of Contamination in MA Pharmacy
By Caitlin O’Beirne The United States Food and Drug Administration reported finding mold in the Framingham pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. 83 vials of the steroid at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham had “greenish black foreign matter” said the FDA. They also reported 17 of the vials contained white fibers. [...]
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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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