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Off the Post: Patriots' Day Perspective

Off the Post: Patriots’ Day Perspective

Chad Jones April 21, 2020

Massachusetts experienced Patriots' Day under unusual circumstances on Monday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the holiday was without many of its annual events.  Since 1897, The Boston Marathon has...

The Museum of Science in Boston. Rudy Ruggles raised more than $16,000 for the Museum of Science. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Rudy Ruggles raises thousands for Museum of Science programs

Eduard Miska April 16, 2018

Behind every runner is a reason. For Rudy Ruggles, it was a quest to support a cause and fulfill a dream that was taken away from him five years ago when he was stricken with appendicitis. His journey...

Weilong You runs in the Boston Marathon Monday for the Lingzi Foundation. PHOTO COURTESY WEILONG YOU

BU community remembers Lingzi Lu four years after Boston Marathon bombing

Alana Levene April 18, 2017

Maxwell Tucker, a sophomore at Boston University, watched the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings from a hospital bed. All of his friends were moving around the city, but Tucker was confined due to illness....

The University of Massachusetts Boston announced Wednesday they will grant $315,000 to help 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing victims. PHOTO BY KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

UMass Boston organization to provide rehab services to Marathon victims

Brianne Garrett December 9, 2015

Looking to provide vocational rehabilitation services to victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston will make use of...

Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who started the court appeal process in July, will move forward with efforts to overturn his sentence. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

Tsarnaev moves forward with appeal process

Mina Corpuz December 3, 2015

While currently serving time in a maximum security federal prison in Florence, Colorado, convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looks to have a new day in court to challenge his death sentence. The...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted in a courtroom sketch during the penalty stage of the trial at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Monday. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tsarnaev, looking forward: what to expect in the coming weeks

Paige Smith April 30, 2015

As the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has entered the penalty phase, its focus has shifted from determining guilt to determining the severity of Tsarnaev’s punishment. Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old former...

A participant, running for the Lingzi Foundation, races down Boylston Street Monday during the Boston Marathon. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Lu Lingzi scholarship fund to select first recipients, continue growth

Ellen Cranley April 21, 2015

Following the two-year anniversary of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260, including Boston University graduate student Lu Lingzi, the scholarship fund...

The After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings was released Friday and details the safety, health and medical response to the April 15, 2013 bombing. PHOTO BY KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Report praises marathon response, reveals friendly fire

Chris Fergus April 9, 2015

A joint report examining the public safety, public health and medical response by local and state federal authorities to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings was released to the general public Friday, according...

2014 Boston Marathon to see a spike in participation

Daily Free Press Admin September 5, 2013

On April 15, almost everyone in Boston became a runner. When two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, many organizers and residents said they wanted the 2014 Boston Marathon to...

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