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Daffodils line Boston’s path toward spring, healing

Colbi Edmonds April 20, 2021
Marathon Daffodils delivered thousands of daffodils to frontline workers at Boston-area hospitals.
In an effort to promote user safety, former Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis will join Uber Boston as an advisor. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Former Boston Police Department Commissioner to advise for Uber

Julia Metjian September 16, 2015

To help ensure safety for riders, Uber Boston has appointed former Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis to a senior advisor position within the company. Davis, who has 35 years of experience...

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

Tsarnaev formally sentenced to death, makes first apology to bombing victims

Felicia Gans June 25, 2015

When Dzhokhar Tsarnaev helped his brother plant two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013, his face became a recognized symbol of American tragedy. But as his face became etched...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Thursday, April 30. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Defense continues with character witnesses, family life in Tsarnaev trial

Jacklyn Bamberger May 7, 2015

On the sixth day of testimony in the penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the defendant’s attorneys delved further into his complicated family life and presented witnesses from his high...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Thursday, April 30. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/DFP FILE PHOTO

Defense explores Tsarnaev family problems, Dzhokhar’s character

Mina Corpuz May 6, 2015

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev focused Tuesday on his character and the dysfunctional nature of the Tsarnaev family by highlighting problems several family members faced during the fifth day of defense...

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...

Witnesses for the defense team of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev testified about his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev Tuesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. PHOTO FROM DAVISCOUNTYUTAH.GOV

Testimony in Tsarnaev trial focuses on brother of defendant

Katie Aramento April 29, 2015

On Tuesday, the second day of defense testimony in the penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tsarnaev’s attorneys focused on personality changes in the defendant’s deceased brother, Tamerlan. The...

(From left) Devon McCullough, 60, of Arlington, Amy Hendrickson, 71, of Brookline, Joe Kebartas, 66, of South Boston and Carolyn Whiting, 65, of Reading, protest the death penalty Monday in front of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. PHOTO BY FELICIA GANS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Defense shifts focus to Tamerlan in opening statements

Felicia Gans April 28, 2015

Since March 5, the focus of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been — unsurprisingly so — on Dzhokhar, the 21-year-old former University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student who was convicted on April...

David King, an acute care surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, testified Thursday in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. ILLUSTRATION BY REBECCA NESS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Prosecution rests in penalty phase of Tsarnaev trial

Felicia Gans April 24, 2015

[mediagrid cat="20483"] When Dzhokhar Tsarnaev walked through the door of Courtroom 9 in the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Thursday, the victims, family members and press in the previously...

Family members of Lu Lingzi, who died in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, spoke Wednesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in the sentencing phase of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. PHOTO COURTESY OF MENGHAN HU

Testimony turns to Collier, Lingzi

Lindsey Hover April 23, 2015

The prosecution continued to call witnesses Wednesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in another emotionally charged day of testimony at the penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,...

The sentencing phase of the trial of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Tuesday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. PHOTO BY L.E. CHARLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New testimony, photos revealed in sentencing phase of Tsarnaev trial

Alexandra David April 22, 2015

The penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the admitted Boston Marathon bomber who, along with his older brother Tamerlan, placed two bombs at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon that...

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...

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