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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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After searching the Kenmore Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station, police officers emerged onto Beacon Street in Kenmore Square to search buildings in the area for a suspect believed to have had a gun. VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Police respond to report of armed man near Landmark Center, Kenmore Square

Breanne Kovatch October 16, 2018
Buildings in and near Kenmore Square were on lockdown Tuesday while the Boston Police Department investigated a report of a male in the area who may have had a gun.
A new study has found that the city selected to be the home of Amazon’s new headquarters will likely experience a rise in rent costs. If Boston is selected, they predict rent will increase by an additional 1.4 percent. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Rents to increase in city selected for Amazon HQ2

Riley Villiers April 29, 2018
Rents will rise in the future home of Amazon’s second headquarters, according to a study released Wednesday by Zillow, an online real estate company. This “Amazon Effect,” the report states, will raise the price of rent in addition to the already increasing rent costs across the country.
A police car passes in front of the Boston Police Department. The BPD has issued a scam alert because students in the area have been getting spam calls from people demanding money who claim to work for to federal agencies.  PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston-area college students increasingly targeted by scam callers

Michal Shvimer April 12, 2018
Scammers have been targeting students at Boston-area colleges demanding payments that include delinquent taxes, overdue parking tickets and student loans.
Wells Fargo’s AI Aiera robot has calculated that Boston will be the location of Amazon’s HQ2.  PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Wells Fargo AI predicts Boston as Amazon HQ2 location

Haley Lerner March 15, 2018
Amazon’s second headquarters will be located in Boston — well, at least according to Aiera, Wells Fargo Securities’ artificial intelligence tool.
A young girl chants on her father's shoulders at the Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders on Jan. 29 in Copley Square. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Black, Latino immigrants in Massachusetts file lawsuit to block end of TPS

Camille Mojica February 26, 2018
A group of black and Latino immigrants in Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block the termination of the Temporary Protected Status program for Salvadorans and Haitians in the United States.
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