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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Carlos Apostle pictured in a 2019 article from El Mundo Boston

BU named defendant in case of sexual assault, battery

Samuele Petruccelli December 9, 2021
Alum claims course professor took no action following her reports of sexual misconduct by his "assistant."
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Canceled: The lack of promise in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 12, 2021
We must build a justice system that cares for sexual assault survivors, rather than rely on police.
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Boston immigrant-owned businesses reflect loss amid COVID-19, policy makers provide fundings

Ashley Soebroto March 11, 2021
Approaching the year anniversary of the shutdown, immigrant-owned businesses in Boston reflect on challenges securing loans and staying afloat through unprecedented economic hardship.
The family of a 7-year-old boy who drowned off Carson Beach in July, 2016, is suing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its negligence in implementing adequate safeguards. The complaint was filed in Suffolk Superior Court Tuesday. PHOTO BY VIOLET GIDDINGS/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Parents of 7-year-old who drowned at Boston beach sue state

Samantha Day September 6, 2018
The family of a 7-year-old boy who drowned at a Boston beach sued the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Tuesday, claiming that the state did not do enough to enforce safety procedures that could have prevented the boy’s death.
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