Ramy Youssef says he prays for an end to violence in Gaza on ‘Saturday Night Live’ – NBC Boston

Ramy Youssef took a break from telling jokes to talk about something serious and personal to him during his monologue as “Saturday Night Live” host this week. The “Ramy” star began his monologue by telling some jokes about being a Muslim American, saying that other Americans don’t always know how loving Muslims really are. “My…

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Indianapolis shooting: At least 7 children between ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a shooting in downtown area, police say

WTHR Police respond to the scene of a shooting in downtown Indianapolis, on Saturday, March 30. CNN  —  At least seven children between the ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a shooting Saturday night in downtown Indianapolis, where a large group was gathered, police said. Officers were on patrol when they heard “several…

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Board won’t approve longer hours for Newmarket Square kitchen for start-up chefs without a detailed security plan after hearing of fights and cooking round the clock

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday deferred action on a request from South Boston Bites, 94 Shirley St.in Roxbury, to extend its currently licensed hours of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. after hearing some of the food entrepreneurs it was renting kitchens to were already cooking up stuff around the…

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Teen with a replica gun was robbing a convenience store a day in Dorchester – until detectives spotted him walking into another store, police say

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old on charges he robbed three convenience stores on Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street in Dorchester – just after he entered a fourth store on Friday. The teen, too young to have his name released, started at Century Convenience, 766 Blue Hill Ave., on Tuesday around 8:45 p.m. which…

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Letters to the editor

Death penalty Your editorial of March 26 decrying the constant judicial delays in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev capital punishment case, in which he was sentenced to death and is still kicking around, very much alive, in a federal supermax prison, is completely understandable. After all, the foul and cowardly deed was done in 2013, more than…

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