To get into elite colleges, some advised to ?appear less Asian?

Joey Kim with (from left) his sister, Jessica, father, T.K., and mother, Julie, in Harvard Yard.

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Some families are turning to consultants who offer services aimed at helping their students avoid what James Chen calls ?the Asian penalty? in admissions.

Middle-class communities like Falmouth (above) are prominent in Cape Cod.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

What?s happening to the middle class?

Virtually everyone likes to think of themselves as middle class, but it just isn?t so.

Vanity Fair introduces Caitlyn Jenner

Vanity Fair has shared the new name of the former Olympic athlete on its July 2015 cover.

BOSTON, MA - MAY 22: Hanley Ramirez #13 of the Boston Red Sox returns a ball hit by Matt Joyce #20 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the fourth inning at Fenway Park on May 22, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Alex Speier

Is the Red Sox? defense really that bad?

Actually, the Red Sox are around league average with the glove, with one huge exception.

The remains of Cpl. Elmer Richard arrived at Logan Airport Monday.

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Remains of Korean War POW return home to Exeter, N.H.

Corporal Elmer P. Richard, who was 20 years old when he went missing in 1950, will be buried with full military honors Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/06112011_11faneuil-7956167.jpg Faneuil Hall street performers strike over proposed regulations

Some musicians and entertainers say the regulations limit their freedom of speech and put their acts in jeopardy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/5dd8f0109cc14ab3a83ae46f394a9e81-5dd8f0109cc14ab3a83ae46f394a9e81-0.jpg John Kerry returns to Boston for surgery on leg

The secretary of state flew aboard a military C-17 airplane to seek treatment for his broken leg at MGH.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1195.jpg Mayor Marty Walsh needs to focus on the city

There?s a disconnect between the agenda he outlined at his inauguration and the one he embraced when he signed onto the Olympic bid.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/07072007_07anguiloropic1.jpg Frank Angiulo, former member of Mafia hierarchy, dies at 94

Angiulo and three of his brothers were convicted in 1986 in a case that marked a major local victory in the war against organized crime.

State hires firm to analyze Olympic bid

The group is expected to analyze the budget and determine the potential for cost overruns and risk to taxpayers.

Benjamin Urbelis, 33, was arraigned at Boston Municipal Court on Monday.

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Not guilty plea in boat accident that severed teen?s arm

An attorney who touts his expertise in defending drunk drivers was allegedly in command of the boat called ?Naut Guilty.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/image3-8788.JPG Teen recalls being chased by bear in Amherst

Seventeen-year-old Carly Hall says a black bear chased her down the street and swatted at her.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/alemany06.jpg Alleged murderer tried to kill himself in cell, lawyer says

Edwin Alemany was not physically harmed and his trial resumed as scheduled Monday, his attorney said.

2-year-old N.H. boy found floating in pool dies

The gate to the pool in Epping was locked; it was not immediately known how the boy got into the water.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/09stallingsphoto%2004.jpg Man convicted of manslaughter in asthma death

Michael ?Fresh? Stallings shot into a crowd on a Boston street in 2012, prompting a man to suffer a fatal asthma attack when he ran for cover.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/OLD%20CITY%20HALL-5602835.jpg Archeological dig aims to unearth traces of old Boston Latin School

Volunteer teams will excavate 10 test trenches to find the old foundation and yard of the school at the site in front of the Old City Hall building.

Dr. Emanuele Mazzola, a biostatistician with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in his office at 360 Longwood Avenue, which looks out on a busy sidewalk.

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Is it an office? Or a fishbowl?

Look through the first-floor window at the gleaming new 360 Longwood. There?s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute biostatistician Emanuele Mazzola.

Ground Game

Video

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/pataki-091.jpg Conversations with the 2016 presidential hopefuls

The Globe?s James Pindell sits down with presidential candidates and hopefuls to discuss the race.

Opinion

DANTE RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dante_ramos-1197.jpg Wikipedia editors honor Caitlyn Jenner?s identity

The swift revisions to her entry show the growing recognition of Jenner?s right to define herself in her own terms.

The Big Picture

Risa Ominato/Kyodo News via AP

Scenes from daily life in May 2015

From graduations to beautiful beaches to blooming flowers, a look at daily scenes around the world this May.