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Camp Constitution, a religious group, was denied its request to fly a Christian flag on a municipal flag pole for an event by the City of Boston. A federal judge recently ruled in favor of the latter. PHOTO BY JUNE KIM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Judge sides with Boston in separation of church, state dispute over Christian flag

Riley Villiers September 5, 2018
A federal judge ruled last week that Boston City officials were justified in denying a religious group’s request to fly a Christian flag from a City flagpole. U.S. District Court Judge, Denise Casper, denied Harold Shurtleff’s request for a preliminary injunction that would force the City of Boston to fly a Christian flag from a pole at City Hall Plaza.
Maria Currie, a former Boston University student, speaks at a press conference Wednesday afternoon regarding a sexual harassment case that she and another student filed against a university professor in April. PHOTO BY BRIANNA BURNS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Court denies CFA professor’s request to dismiss sexual harassment charges

Alana Levene March 16, 2017

A federal judge denied Boston University and a College of Fine Arts professor’s request to dismiss five of 10 claims related to a sexual harassment case that CFA students brought against them, according...

Whitey Bulger to forfeit more than $25 million to government

Daily Free Press Admin September 23, 2013

Prosecutors asked a judge on Friday to order ex-mobster James “Whitey” Bulger to forfeit more than $25 million, allowing them to seize all of his assets that he generated by racketeering and other...

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