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Dear Men: Break the stigma — your mental health is important too

Yvonne Tang September 24, 2020
We have conditioned men to feel more comfortable expressing their emotions through harmful, unhealthy behaviors rather than healthy outlets.
The Boston University Police Department. Crime and safety statistics released last month provide a look at trends for the past decade. ANNALYN KUMAR/ DFP FILE

A look at the past decade of campus crime statistics

Samantha Kizner October 24, 2019
Statistics from the past decade of reports show trends in crimes such as burglaries, liquor and drug law violations, and aggravated assaults.
EDITORIAL: Special commission’s recommendations for Massachusetts’ State Police do not fully address diversity issues

EDITORIAL: Special commission’s recommendations for Massachusetts’ State Police do not fully address diversity issues

Editors January 28, 2019

A special commission on racial diversity within the Massachusetts State Police is facing criticism over some of its eight featured recommendations. One recommendation proposes that the department train...

EDITORIAL: Bostonians can’t be impartial in trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

EDITORIAL: Bostonians can’t be impartial in trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Editors November 28, 2018

Several of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s relatives testified to provide grounds to demand an immediate retrial in another location, following his initial trial in 2015 at the John Joseph...

The Boston Police Department. City Council President Andrea Campbell filed a hearing order for a hearing to examine diversity in Boston’s law enforcement and public safety agencies. PHOTO BY JINGYI LIN/DFP FILE PHOTO

City Council to discuss diversity in City departments

Jordan Kimmel May 1, 2018
Boston City Council President Andrea Campbell and District 5 City Councilor Timothy McCarthy filed a hearing order Wednesday to assess diversity in law enforcement and public safety agencies across the city.
Court records released Friday stated that Apple refused to assist the FBI in breaking into the iPhone of an alleged Boston drug gang member. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Apple refuses court order to unlock iPhone, assist FBI

Kennedy Davis April 14, 2016

Court documents unsealed Friday revealed a federal court order to Apple Inc. to assist the FBI in unlocking the phone of alleged gang member Desmond Crawford. In a letter from Apple’s lawyer Marc...

EDIT: The Wrong Solution

EDIT: The Wrong Solution

Editors January 23, 2015

Scroll through just about any social media website right now and you’ll find picture after picture of girls wearing their new Greek letters. It’s sorority bid season at most colleges that do spring...

Researchers at Boston University work to develop a prototype of a computational tool used to enhance the identification of DNA at crime scenes. PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHERINE GRGICAK

New computational tool developed by BU researchers strengthens DNA analyses at crime scenes

Madeleine O’Keefe November 4, 2014

In shows like "Law & Order" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," it only takes an hour to nab the perpetrator of a crime. And thanks to the creation of a new computational tool by Catherine Grgicak,...

Dept. of Education helps college campuses combat sexual assault

Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2014

The Office for Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Education issued a report Tuesday providing guidelines to assess the prevalence of sexual assault on American college campuses, which officials...

Boston Marathon lawyers denied additional time to build case

Daily Free Press Admin October 20, 2013

A federal judge rejected on Friday a request by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s defense attorneys to delay the deadline for prosecutors to recommend the death penalty. U.S. District...

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