Boston-to-Cuba route on the runway

Boston-to-Cuba route on the runway

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. airlines are looking to serve Cuba primarily from their large hub cities, with Havana being the most popular destination.

At least eight carriers submitted applications to the U.S. Department of Transportation Wednesday outlining what routes they would like to fly. The government will spend the next few months reviewing the requests and is expected to award the contested Havana routes this summer. Flights to smaller cities — if uncontested and lacking any contentious issues — could be approved much sooner.

Mother of victimized Boston Latin girl praised school in October
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Mother of victimized Boston Latin girl praised school in October

Evan Lips

BOSTON – A Boston Latin School student's mother, who has joined a rising chorus demanding the dismissal of Headmaster Lynn Mooney Teta over her response to alleged racial incidents, sang a much different tune last October about the elite institution.

The mother, Lori Smith Britton, told the Boston Globe in an explosive front page story Wednesday that "the inaction of the people in power" – Teta and other administrators – means they should "face consequences that are tangible."

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