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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.
EDITORIAL: Parents must discuss violence with children to ensure awareness

EDITORIAL: Parents must discuss violence with children to ensure awareness

Editors December 6, 2016

When any atrocity happens, near or far, a moment of shock is followed by a deep understanding that the world is just a bit less bright. Whole communities may be shaken by a moment’s decision, adults...

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...

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...

Jury finds Tsarnaev guilty of Boston Marathon bombings, 30 federal counts total

Jury finds Tsarnaev guilty of Boston Marathon bombings, 30 federal counts total

Samantha J. Gross April 8, 2015

On Wednesday, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, was found guilty of 30 federal counts related to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the days after. The bombings and violent confrontations that followed...

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....

Testimony begins in case of Boston Marathon bombing suspect

Testimony begins in case of Boston Marathon bombing suspect

Samantha J. Gross March 5, 2015

[mediagrid cat="19013"] In a trial that could cost him his life, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sat in Courtroom 9 of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in a beige shirt and dark suit jacket Wednesday,...

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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