Bilal Lafta’s path to the Ivy League started with his father’s tears, as their refugee family was torn apart on the way out of Baghdad. His father wept again yesterday, as he saw his valedictorian son ...

Thirty-seven valedictorians were honored by the city of Boston at a luncheon Tuesday, including a boy forced to evacuate from his hometown of Baghdad, Iraq.Bilal Lafta, the valedictorian at Boston ...

The timing couldn't be any better or any worse for LAFTA. When Lincoln's folk music organization booked The Bobs for its holiday show, it had no idea that a cappella music suddenly would be the rage.