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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...

An overview of Boylston Street near the marathon finish line, the area in which two bombs were detonated in 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 260. GOOGLE EARTH

Marathon bombing memorial set for summer 2019 completion

Joel Lau April 16, 2019
The memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings should be finished this summer, the project’s artist said, more than a year after the memorial was planned to be unveiled on the fifth anniversary of the attacks in April 2018.
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...

FBI bomb expert Edward Knapp, depicted above in a courtroom sketch, testified Thursday in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. ILLUSTRATION BY COURTNEY DUTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Autopsy photos, mock-up bombs presented as evidence in Tsarnaev trial

Lindsey Hover March 27, 2015

As the trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued, the defendant sat with his hands cupped over his mouth and nose as his lawyers exchanged comments around him. The evidence in Thursday’s trial focused on...

The trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued Thursday with 10 witnesses called on by the prosecution. ILLUSTRATION BY COURTNEY DUTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

O’Toole calls early recess to visit site of Watertown boat where Tsarnaev was found

Katie Aramento March 11, 2015

The Boston Marathon bombing trial came to an abrupt halt at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, as U.S. District Judge George O’Toole and the council took a recess to visit the boat in which alleged Boston Marathon bomber...

Boston Police Officer Lauren Woods testified in court Thursday about her efforts to save Boston University student Lingzi Lu's life. ILLUSTRATION BY COURTNEY DUTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

In day two of Tsarnaev trial testimony, prosecution calls police officers, victims, families to stand

Felicia Gans March 6, 2015

Thursday marked day two of trial testimonies for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old who allegedly placed two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line in 2013, killing three and injuring more than 260....

One year later, Boston remembers lives lost, saved

Felicia Gans April 16, 2014

When Patrick Downes lost his left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, he gained a community of strangers willing to give their time and support. After running the marathon with his wife Jessica,...

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