Students’ efforts put sex assaults into spotlight

Advocates believe searing accounts from victims are helping to fuel the intense scrutiny now facing colleges.

Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam in the sixth inning against the A’s.

Red Sox 7, A’s 1

Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox rock A’s

The second baseman’s grand slam in the sixth inning lifted the Sox to a win Friday at Fenway Park.

Whether President Obama’s concerns about the death penalty as it is applied across the United States lead to policy proposals remained far from certain.

Obama orders policy review of death penalty in the US

President Obama said the botched execution of a convicted killer in Okla. underscored concerns with capital punishment.

DCF failed to protect Lynn baby, report says

The Office of the Child Advocate concluded that the state’s child welfare agency should have taken the infant and his twin into protective custody.

P.K. Subban was the man of the hour after scoring in double OT — then he was a Twitter target. Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

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GARY WASHBURN

Real fans would cheer hockey’s progress in diversity

The hateful tweets toward P.K. Subban unmasked not only a pocket of racism but also an ugly double standard.

Three members of the BSO met with members of the Chinese orchestra who had played with them in 1979.

Back after 35 years, BSO gets warm welcome in China

Thursday’s concert in Beijing marked the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s return to the country after its visit in 1979.

Behaylu Barry tickled his sister’s feet. His parents arranged for his biological siblings, Eden and Rediat (background) to be tested as possible matches.

Siblings from Ethiopia give sick N.H. teen a chance for a cure

Behaylu Barry’s diagnosis of a life-threatening disease set off a mission that reunited him with his brother and sister.