The Word: Barbie Dream House protested
Barbie isn’t getting the warmest welcome in Berlin. Protestors from the Left Party showed up in force at the opening [...]
Human shield formed in Medford to thwart Westboro Baptist Church funeral protest
About 500 people turned out at the funeral of Boston Marathon bomb victim Krystle Campbell in Medford today to thwart a possible protest by members of the radical and controversial Westboro Baptist Church.
Frustration rises from rubble of China’s deadly quake
Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along [...]
MBTA approves fiscal 2014 budget amidst funding questions
The MBTA Board today unanimously approved its fiscal year 2014 budget, which assumes the state will close the transit agency’s $118 million operating deficit — although there is no guarantee the funding will come through.
Mother of Kimani Gray demands justice
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police officers this weekend said that she does [...]
Protests continue for third night in East Flatbush
Anger over the death of a teen who was shot by police officers persists in East Flatbush. On the third night of protests, approximately 45 people were arrested.
Tens of Thousands In Spain Protest Economic Policy, Corruption
Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched through cities across the country on Saturday to protest deep austerity, the privatization of [...]
A bunch of baloney: Sandwich-wielding seniors, workers to protest at Boston Symphony Hall
Bologna-costumed demonstrators tonight will hand out bologna sandwiches to event attendees and perform remix of the Oscar Mayer “Baloney” song at Boston Symphony Hall.
Men charged in India rape; victim’s father calls for hanging
Five Indian men were formally charged in court on Thursday with the gang
rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in a case that has generated
widespread anger about the government’s inability to prevent violence
against women.
VIDEO: Google blocks YouTube clip of Muhammad film in Egypt, Libya; keeps it online
YouTube, the video website owned by Google Inc, said on Wednesday it would not remove a film clip mocking the Islamic Prophet Muhammad that has been blamed for anti-U.S. protests.