HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College sorority, hit by protests that a May 2015 Kentucky Derby party was racist and a symbol of oppression, elected to pull the plug on this year's event.
The sisters of Kappa Delta Epsilon voted overwhelmingly to ditch the celebration after talking to the protesters, The Dartmouth campus newspaper reported, citing sorority vice president Nikol Oydanich and president Allison Chou.
BOSTON – A spate of vandalism directed at Catholic religious icons around Easter weekend has provoked ire mixed with forgiveness from parishioners at affected congregations in Greater Boston and has left law enforcement officers scratching their heads.
Vandals struck in Billerica, Burlington and Norwood, including two statues of the Virgin Mary. The attackers severed appendages on both.
