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    Flowers are placed at the memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 20.
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    Appeals Court Tosses Out Death Sentence For Boston Marathon Bomber

    Jul 31, 2020
    A three-judge panel sends Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case back to a lower court for resentencing, saying the jury that sentenced him to death had not been adequately vetted.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Lauren Moran, a pastry chef who owns a bakery and café, taste-tests Cornwall's new coffee drinks with her husband, Cornwall's general manager Billy Moran (left), and Speedwell Coffee Co. owner Derek Anderson.
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    Boston Tavern Pivots To 'Plan B' To Try To Survive The Pandemic

    Jul 07, 2020
    Cornwall's has been a Kenmore Square mainstay for more than four decades. Now it's preparing to reopen — and to reinvent itself for survival during the pandemic.
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    The Two-Way
    Desiree Linden wins the women's division of the Boston Marathon on Monday. She is the first American woman to win the race since 1985.
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    Desiree Linden Wins Boston Marathon — The First U.S. Woman To Win Since 1985

    Apr 16, 2018
    "It's supposed to be hard," Linden told reporters after the race, slowed down by rain and near-gale headwinds. U.S. women claimed seven of the top eight spots in the race.
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    Las Vegas Team To Run In Honor Of Bombing, Shooting Victims

    Apr 16, 2018

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas team participating in this year's Boston Marathon is running in honor of the victims that were killed and injured during a bombing at the event five years ago and the victims of the Oct. 1 concert shooting on the Strip.

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    The Two-Way
    Children climb the barrier to watch the Boston Marathon runners in the iconic "scream tunnel" near Wellesley College on April 17, 2017, in Wellesley, Ma.
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    Transgender Runners Can Race Boston Marathon Under Identified Gender

    Apr 08, 2018
    Organizers behind the Boston Marathon have expressed support for transgender people to race under the gender they identify, but transgender runners still face hurdles when it comes to registering.
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    Goats and Soda
    Edna Kiplagat crosses the finish line of the 121st Boston Marathon on April 17. It was her first time running the race.
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    Boston Champ Juggles Marathons, 5 Kids, Kenyan Farm

    Apr 26, 2017
    The daughter of peasant farmers, Edna Kiplagat was the fastest woman in the Beantown race by nearly a minute.
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    The Two-Way
    Adidas apologized for its "insensitive" choice of words in a marketing email to customers sent a day after the 121st Boston Marathon.
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    Adidas Apologizes For Congratulating 2017 Boston Marathon 'Survivors'

    Apr 19, 2017
    Internet users were quick to point out the tone-deaf phrasing in a marketing email to customers in light of the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260 others.
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    The Two-Way
    In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was spotted early in the Boston Marathon by race director Jock Semple, who tried to rip the number off her shirt and remove her from the race. Switzer's friends intervened, allowing her to make her getaway to become the first wo
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    First Woman To Wear A Boston Bib Races Again, 50 Years Later

    Apr 17, 2017
    After Kathrine Switzer entered the marathon in 1967 — without telling organizers she was a woman — the race director tried to rip her numbers off. She finished anyway. She ran the race again in 2017.
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    The Two-Way
    Edna Kiplagat (left) and Geoffrey Kirui, both of Kenya, hold a trophy together after their victories in the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday.
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    2 First-Time Boston Marathoners Emerge Victorious

    Apr 17, 2017
    Edna Kiplagat won the women's race in 2:21:52. Geoffrey Kirui took the men's race in 2:09:37 — his first-ever marathon victory. For both Kenyan athletes, it was their first time competing at Boston.
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    Siblings Sangeeta (from left), Sunil and Ravi Tripathi. Sunil went missing weeks before the Boston Marathon, and media outlets misidentified him as one of the bombing suspects.
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    How Social Media Smeared A Missing Student As A Terrorism Suspect

    Apr 18, 2016
    The documentary Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi explores what happened after a tweet misidentified a Brown University student as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
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    The Two-Way
    Boston Marathon women's winner Atsede Baysa and men's winner Lemi Berhanu Hayle, led a dominant group of Ethiopian runners in Monday's race.
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    Boston Marathon Results: Ethiopian Runners Shut Kenyans Out Of Top Spots

    Apr 18, 2016
    Runners from Kenya, who had for years been considered the best of the best in the world, were nearly shut out from the podium entirely.
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    A pedestrian walks along the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street in April 2014. Of the 160 companies near the explosions that submitted claims for property damage or business losses, nearly 14 percent had coverage for terrorism.
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    Commercial Buildings More Often Than Not Have Terrorism Insurance

    Dec 16, 2015
    The Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, where a terrorist couple killed 14 people, is covered by terrorism insurance. In fact, 6 in 10 major U.S. businesses are insured for terrorism damage.
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    The Two-Way
    In this courtroom sketch, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (center) is depicted between defense attorneys Miriam Conrad (left) and Judy Clarke during his federal death penalty trial on March 5.
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    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Apologizes To Victims, Families Of Boston Marathon Bombing

    Jun 24, 2015
    The judge imposed the death penalty on Tsarnaev shortly after the convicted bomber's first remarks in public since the 2013 attack that killed three people and left 264 others wounded.
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    The Two-Way
    Azamat Tazhayakov, left, Dias Kadyrbayev, center, and Robel Phillipos, right, college friends of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sit during a hearing in federal court in Boston in May 2014.
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    Friends Of Boston Bomber Sentenced For 'Impeding Investigation'

    Jun 05, 2015
    Azamat Tazhayakov was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice for helping get rid of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's backpack. Robel Phillipos was convicted of lying to the FBI.
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    The Two-Way
    Dias Kadyrbayev, a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is depicted in a court room sketch.
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    Boston Marathon Bomber's Friend Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison

    Jun 02, 2015
    Dias Kadyrbayev went to college with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for getting rid of a computer and fireworks in Tsarnaev's room.
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    The Two-Way
    Judy Clarke and David Bruck, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense attorneys, leave the Moakley federal courthouse on April 8 after their client was found guilty.
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    Boston Bomber's Attorney Is An Outspoken Opponent Of Death Penalty

    May 15, 2015
    Judy Clarke has defended everyone from the Unabomber to Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner. Until Friday's sentence for Dzhokar Tsarnaev, she had saved her high-profile clients from the death penalty.
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    The Two-Way

    Reactions To Death Penalty For Boston Bomber

    May 15, 2015
    Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said he hopes the verdict "provides a small amount of closure to the survivors, families" and others affected by the 2013 marathon bombing.
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    The Two-Way
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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    Death Penalty For Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

    May 15, 2015
    The 2013 marathon bombing killed three people and left 264 others wounded. In April, the same jury convicted Tsarnaev of all 30 counts brought against him.
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    The Two-Way

    Live Tweets: Day 3 Of Boston Marathon Bombing Trial's Penalty Phase

    Apr 23, 2015
    A Boston jury is weighing whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death for his crimes.
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    The Two-Way
    Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon on Monday.
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    Ethiopia's Desisa Wins Boston Marathon; Kenya's Rotich First Among Women

    Apr 20, 2015
    Yemane Adhane Tsegay, also of Ethiopia, finished second in the men's elite division; Kenyan Wilson Chebet finished third. Dathan Ritzenhein, who came seventh, was the highest-placed American.
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    Shots - Health News
    Martha Galvis has undergone 16 surgeries on her left hand, which was injured by a bomb at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
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    Marathon Bombing Survivors Face A World That Still Feels Out Of Control

    Apr 15, 2015
    Martha and Alvaro Galvis were wounded in 2013's bombing of the Boston Marathon. One of the hardest things to deal with, they say, is the feeling that something random and scary could happen again.
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    The Two-Way
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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    Boston Marathon Bombing Jury Finds Tsarnaev Guilty On All Counts

    Apr 08, 2015
    The twin bombings in 2013, carried out by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with his older brother, Tamerlan, killed three people and left 264 others wounded. Seventeen of the counts can carry the death penalty.
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    U.S.
    A memorial at the site of the first explosion in the Boston Marathon bombing. Defense attorneys say too many people in the potential jury pool have some kind of personal connection to the case.
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    Accused Bomber's Lawyers Say Boston Jury Pool Is Too Biased

    Jan 26, 2015
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's attorneys are again asking that his trial, now in the jury selection phase, be moved. Lawyers say they have data showing that enough impartial jurors cannot be found in the city.
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