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Houston voters made history in December, electing the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. Annise Parker, 53, takes the oath of office on Jan. 1 to lead the nation's fourth largest metropolis, with some 2.2 million residents. Currently Houston's city controller, Parker has been open about her sexuality throughout her political career and has three adopted children with her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard. "Tonight the voters of Houston have opened the doors to history," the Democrat said after winning the city's Dec. 12 runoff election. "But now, from this moment, let us join...
...opening speech, Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons said that 10 years have elapsed since the city first publicly acknowledged the consequences of climate change. This past May, the Cambridge City Council officially recognized climate change as an “emergency,” and plans to hold a city-wide climate congress has been in the works since Thanksgiving...
...Former Mayor of Cambridge Francis H. Duehay ’55, who had been leading the campaign to change the name to “Halberstam Street”—in honor of journalist David L. Halberstam ’55—for the past 15 months, decided to rescind his proposal after Harvard alumni voiced their disapproval...
...which was a major point of contention at the previous community meeting. According to a statement released by Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications Christine M. Heenan, the plans for the Brookline site were finalized on Wednesday night at a meeting between President Drew G. Faust and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino...
...tells TIME. "During heated periods, we hear shots fired three, four times per week," Gilinski says. "Out of groups of maybe 10, only one or two get through the border. The others are shot at or surrender and return to Egypt." (See TIME's video "Jerusalem's New Secular Mayor...