Sen. John Kerry joined Prospect Hill Academy Charter School on Nov. 12 for the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award to Army Specialist Sean Bannon, a PHA alumnus of the class of 2004. Also in attendance were Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Somerville School Committee member Marc Niedergang, Cambridge School Committee member Patty Nolan, members of the Prospect Hill Academy Board of ...

Photo by David Clow - Maryland A congressional report issued yesterday by two ranking Republicans suggests that schools chancellor Michelle Rhee performed "damage control" for her now-fiance Kevin Johnson during investigations into Johnson's alleged sexual misconduct and misuse of Americorps funds at the St. Hope charter school he founded in Sacramento. Johnson, an ex-NBA player, is currently ...

PLYMOUTH — His family, friends and fellow soldiers bid farewell Friday to Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman in an emotional funeral service at the Second Church of Plymouth.

A GOP report contends that the Obama White House was politically motivated when it fired inspector general Gerald Walpin after his 2008 investigation of Kevin Johnson, now Sacramento's mayor. When Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, was under investigation last year for alleged financial misdeeds and inappropriate behavior with female students, he had an important ...

His family, friends and fellow soldiers bid farewell today to Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman in an emotional funeral service at the Second Church of Plymouth.

WASHINGTON -- Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions.

Some Democratic challengers want to send him packing in 2012, but he doesn’t seem worried.  

BOSTON - Despite some concerns about creating a public law school, the plan was supported by the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs Wednesday.

OTIS AIR BASE — As if they didn't already have millions of reasons to smile, the U.S. Senate just gave the 102nd Intelligence Wing $12.8 million more.

Washington Post: Moderate Democratic Senator from Arkansas Is Being Pressured from All Sides Ahead of Health Care Debate