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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.
Rebecca Ingber speaks during “The Boston Marathon Bombing: 5 Years On.” The event was hosted at BU on April 11. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Five Years On’ honors Lingzi Lu, remembers Boston Marathon bombing

Diana Leane April 17, 2018

As preparations unfolded for the frenzy and celebration of the Boston Marathon on Monday, the city mourned and commemorated the five-year anniversary of the marathon bombing that killed three, injured...

EDITORIAL: The importance of resiliency 5 years after the bombing

EDITORIAL: The importance of resiliency 5 years after the bombing

Editors April 16, 2018
2018 marks the five-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing that injured hundreds and resulted in the death of three spectators. Boston came together that day in 2013 and in the months that followed to restore the community and heal its wounds. The Boston Marathon, held on Patriots Day each year, continues to be a day where thousands of Bostonians support and cheer on runners, many of whom have trained for months or years in order to qualify for the big day.
Going For Two: How the Paris attacks reveal sports are bigger than ourselves

Going For Two: How the Paris attacks reveal sports are bigger than ourselves

David Souza November 18, 2015

The Islamic State Group carried out attacks in Paris Friday that led to the horrifying deaths of at least 129 people. These attacks were carried out in retaliation to France’s leadership in the Western...

Men's hockey freshman forward Jack Eichel was given the Mickey Cochrance Award, given to the best BU male athlete. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/DAILY FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO

Terriers’ student-athletes honored at annual awards ceremony

Jonathan Sigal April 17, 2015

Ten Boston University Terriers were honored this Tuesday at the annual student-athlete awards reception at Agganis Arena. Nine seniors were selected for awards along with lone freshman Jack Eichel of the...

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev depicted in a courtroom sketch. The prosecution rested their case Monday against Tsarnaev at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. ILLUSTRATION BY COURTNEY DUTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Prosecution rests, autopsies examined in Tsarnaev trial

Jacklyn Bamberger March 31, 2015

The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued Monday after a break over the weekend. Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old former University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student, is accused of placing two bombs at the finish...

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...

Surveillance videos shown from finish line, tweets of Boston Marathon bombing suspect read aloud in court

Surveillance videos shown from finish line, tweets of Boston Marathon bombing suspect read aloud in court

Katie Aramento March 10, 2015

Monday marked day three of testimony in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old who allegedly, with his older deceased brother Tamerlan, placed two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon...

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....

Lu family allocates spots to BU students in upcoming Boston Marathon

Daily Free Press Admin February 2, 2014

The family of Lu Lingzi, the Boston University graduate student who died in the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings, has offered five spots to members of the BU community to run in their daughter’s honor,...

United States will seek death penalty for alleged Marathon bombing suspect

Daily Free Press Admin January 30, 2014

The United States will seek the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a statement Thursday. Federal prosecutors filed the...

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