At the grand-opening celebration for Gardenview Estates, a $221 million–plus public-housing development on Detroit’s northwest side, activist Leila Gregory, 51, took the podium and gushed about all the local celebrities in attendance. There was John Conyers Jr., the veteran Congressman , and Greg Mathis, the popular TV judge .
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Building On Rock, Not Sand: Riots in Liberty City, Florida
On May 17, 1980, all hell broke loose in Liberty City, Fla. A Tampa jury acquitted four white policemen in the beating death of a black insurance agent, and the heart of Miami’s black community burst into violence
Fear and Loathing
From the opening lines of The Fear, Peter Godwin makes it clear he does not intend to write a neutral chronicle of the land of his birth.
Legally Blonde and Broadway’s Girl Appeal
“What’s the story, morning glory? / What’s the word, hummingbird?” That was Broadway teen talk back in the early ’60s, when the high school kids in Bye Bye Birdie gossiped about their friends in a game of telephone tag
Dubai’s Woes Are a Blow to Sheik Mo, Its Ambitious Ruler
A few years ago, an adviser went to Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum with a plan for a tall office building. “Only 90 stories?” the ruler of Dubai asked.
Karadzic refuses to appear for war crimes trial
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday refused to appear at the opening day of his long-awaited trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. In a letter dated Wednesday and made public Thursday, Karadzic complains that he has not been given the relevant case material on time — and he says the volume of material would have been too much to go through even if he had received it promptly.
China celebrates 60 years of PRC’s founding
Beijing prepared for massive celebrations on Thursday for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The capital was to witness a grand National Day military and mass parade as well as evening gala, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
Pakistan rejects claim it modified missiles
Pakistan on Sunday rejected a report in The New York Times that said it illegally modified U.S.-supplied anti-ship missiles to make them capable of striking land-based targets. His brothers, President John F
Kennedy’s gravesite opens to public at Arlington
The Arlington National Cemetery gravesite of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy opened to the public at 8 a.m
False-starting Bolt to face Gay in 100m final
Olympic champion Usain Bolt had few worries in qualifying fastest for Sunday night’s 100-meters final at the world championships in Berlin despite suffering a rare false start.