Man held, charged with raping girl, 10

A Dorchester man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl on Saturday is being held on $250,000 bail after his arraignment yesterday in Roxbury District Court. Jamail Hairston, 24, was charged with rape and abuse of a minor under age 16. Hairston was visiting the victim's family, whom he knew, and left the residence with the child in his vehicle, said Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney's office. After more than an hour, the family worried and started searching for the child. When she was back with her family, she said Hairston had sexually assaulted her. In the arraignment, Hairston's bail on unrelated assault charges was revoked.

A young man was shot and killed late last night on Glenway Street in Dorchester, said police Superintendent Rafael Ruiz. The man did not have identification on him, but police said he appeared to be in his late teens or early 20s. The man was rushed to Boston Medical Center after the 11 p.m. shooting, where he was pronounced dead. Homicide investigators were at the scene late last night combing the area.

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment reenactors have been invited to march in President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural parade, his inaugural committee announced yesterday. The nation's first all-black regiment was commissioned during the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln, whom Obama has said he admires. The parade will include bands and other groups marching down Pennsylvania Avenue following Obama's swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol.

According to the state Department of Public Health, 60 people have tested positive for influenza across the state. There were about 100 cases at this time last year. Flu season typically runs from late November to March, usually peaking in early February.

A federal judge has heard arguments in a fight over groundfishing regulations. Massachusetts and New Hampshire filed a joint lawsuit against the federal government in 2006, opposing new laws aimed at protecting fish stock by limiting the number of days fishermen are allowed at sea. The states argue the regulations will hurt fishermen financially and could lead to overfishing in other areas. The regulations are designed to rebuild depleted stocks of vulnerable species of cod, yellowtail, and flounder. US District Judge Edward Harrington did not indicate when he would rule. (AP)

Police in Saugus are investigating the alleged rape of a 19-year-old Northeastern University student, who may have been picked up under the guise of a taxicab ride. Police charged Faisel Abdi Ibrahim, 36, of Boston, a registered Boston cabdriver, with rape, kidnapping, and motor vehicle violations. He pleaded not guilty in Lynn District Court yesterday and was held without bail. Ibrahim was arrested at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday when a police officer noticed that the sliding door of his 1994 Ford Windstar minivan kept opening as the vehicle veered across Route 1. The officer stopped the car, and the 19-year-old ran to his cruiser, saying she was raped, said police Lieutenant Michael Annese. He said police found a taxicab license in Ibrahim's car, though the minivan was not marked as a cab.

Governor Don Carcieri was one of several governors around the country to receive suspicious envelopes containing a white powder yesterday. State House staff members opened the business envelope yesterday about 3:45 p.m. No one was injured and initial testing indicated that the unknown substance was not dangerous. The envelope, addressed to Carcieri and postmarked Dec. 4 from Dallas, had no return address. (AP)