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Zach Taye manages the register at Blue Nile restaurant

GALLERY: A look inside the Blue Nile Restaurant

By Conor Kelley February 17, 2021

Located near Mahoney Square in Jamaica Plain, Blue Nile is known for its Ethiopian cuisine. While the pandemic forced restaurant owner Yosef Haile to reduce his staff, Haile still runs the business on...

GALLERY: BU students protest sexual assault on campus

GALLERY: BU students protest sexual assault on campus

By Hannah Yoshinaga February 8, 2021

Boston University students protested Sunday night against the University's handling of sexual assault cases on campus. Organizers from Campus Survivors provided posters, chalk, tape and spray paint to...

GALLERY: Hockey at the Public Garden Pond

GALLERY: Hockey at the Public Garden Pond

By Hannah Yoshinaga February 2, 2021

Freezing temperatures created a fresh sheet of ice over the Boston Public Garden Pond Saturday, and several skaters took advantage of the opportunity to play hockey at the park.  

Fenway Park vaccination site. Vaccination distribution at the ballpark began Monday. LILY KEPNER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Fenway Park mass vaccination site opens

By Lily Kepner February 1, 2021

Fenway Park opened for COVID-19 vaccine distribution Monday, giving individuals on the Phase 1 priority list access to free immunization. The ballpark is the second mass vaccination site to open in Massachusetts,...

GALLERY: Demonstrators demand rent cancelation amid pandemic

GALLERY: Demonstrators demand rent cancelation amid pandemic

By Conor Kelley January 31, 2021

Demonstrators from Cancel the Rents Boston gathered in Nubian Square Saturday to call for the cancelation of rents and mortgage payments while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten housing affordability.

ANGELA YANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Capturing 2021: a Spring preview of FreeP photography

By Hannah Yoshinaga January 19, 2021
Last semester, The Daily Free Press continued reporting under the constraints of the pandemic. This Spring, the photo section plans to continue our efforts to inform the Boston University community.
A person holding a Biden flag stands on a traffic light. MEGHAN SCOTT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Boston celebrates Joe Biden’s presidential win

By Lauryn Allen November 9, 2020

Boston residents filled the city’s streets in celebration after news of former Vice President Joe Biden’s election as the 46th president of the United States broke on Saturday morning. 

Demonstrators march along Beacon Street to the Massachusetts State House. SHANNON DAMIANO | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Boston Red Cloaks protest confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

By Shannon Damiano October 28, 2020

The Boston Red Cloaks, a group of women who dress up as handmaids from “The Handmaid’s Tale” and advocate for women’s equality, gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House on Sunday...

The detached Trump head continues to burn as more lighter fuel is squirted onto it. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: ‘Peaceful Protest Against Democrat Violence’ draws counter-protesters in Copley Square

By Lauryn Allen October 19, 2020

Members of Super Happy Fun America, a right-wing group best known for organizing the 2019 Straight Pride Parade, were outnumbered by counter-protesters at a rally in Copley Square Sunday afternoon. As...

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