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BOSTON – A trio of angry Boston Latin School parents claim that race-related workshops last month featured overtly "anti-white, anti-police sentiment," in a complaint to city school administrators, according to sources familiar with the confidential document. The May 20 seminars were described by the school as "teach-ins"
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BOSTON – A series of leaked emails may shed more light on the intentions and strategies of a group of parents who seek dramatic changes at the prestigious Boston Latin School. The informal organization, which calls itself Parents Promoting Equity and Diversity, planned a June 16 meeting with top district administrators,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black parishioners last year in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday. "The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this
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BOSTON – As a federal investigation continues to probe whether Boston has adequately responded to reported racial incidents in Boston Latin School, student activists have once again posted a video online over the issue, claiming that the climate hasn't improved. In the video, which follows one posted over the
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray when an officer was acquitted Monday in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year ago. A judge cleared Officer Edward Nero of assault, reckless
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BOSTON – A Boston Latin School student's mother, who has joined a rising chorus demanding the dismissal of Headmaster Lynn Mooney Teta over her response to alleged racial incidents, sang a much different tune last October about the elite institution. The mother, Lori Smith Britton, told the Boston Globe
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CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Chicago court. Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 17-year-old's death.
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CAMBRIDGE – Harvard Law School Dean Martha L. Minow wants a special committee of faculty and students to gather views on whether the school's seal, which features imagery from the family crest of a slaveholder benefactor, should be changed. Minow announced the panel's members and its purpose
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