Nation

EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Santiago Malave has worked law enforcement jobs in Connecticut for more than four decades, but as a Puerto Rican, he says he cannot drive through his own town without worrying about police harassing him.

Massachusetts —  Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Harvard scholar, and Rudolph P. Byrd, a professor at Emory University, say their research for a new edition of “Cane” documents that Toomer was “a Negro who decided to pass for white.”

NEW YORK — A powerful East Coast blizzard marooned thousands of would-be air, rail and road travelers Monday, shutting down major airports and rail lines for a second day, stranding buses on buried highways, and forcing New York City subway riders to spend a cold night in unheated trains.

California — First the Fatboys break-up, and now this. TMZ is reporting that Jermaine Jackson, older brother of the late, legendary Michael Jackson, may bring in 2011 homeless. Jackson’s 5 bedroom, 6 bathroom Calabasas home is set to be sold for a minimum bid of $2,184,233 January 21st on the steps of a Pomona, Calif., […]

DALLAS —  Police say Pastor Sandy McGriff broke into a church members home to steal fur coats and laptop computers on Christmas Eve.

Washington — Uncertainty reigns in the race for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee despite the election being less than a month away.

CHICAGO — It’s not on a par with how Chicagoans used to keep voting after they died. Or with the curious case of the man in the 1980s whose signature wound up on a local ballot application – twice_ even though he had no fingers or thumbs.

New York — New Yorkers rang in the first day of Kwanzaa on Sunday with festive food, African dancing and the traditional lighting of candles to symbolize unity. More than 100 revelers kicked off the seven-day celebration at Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, sharing a communal meal of salmon stew and rice and beans. […]

California — As a child, actress Halle Berry was traumatized by domestic violence in her own household. As an adult, the Academy Award winner gives her time and money to help domestic violence victims at the Jenesse Center in Los Angeles, CNN reports. She’s worked with the organization for over a decade. Her current project: […]

New York — The Christmas Blizzard of 2010 howled into New York on Sunday night, crippling road, rail and air transportation on one of the busiest holiday travel days of the year. The National Weather Service said 18 to 20 inches of snow would fall by midday Monday, with 2 feet or more in some […]

Baltimore — Police are investigating an attack on a 15-year-old African-American youth by a group of men associated with a Jewish community patrol group, which occurred on Nov. 19 in the Upper Park Heights Community of Baltimore.

WASHINGTON—The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress’ approach to immigration.