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Runners cross the starting line of the 125th Boston Marathon last fall in Hopkinton, Mass. The Boston Marathon returns on Monday.

The Boston Marathon kicks off in its first spring race since the pandemic started

Apr 18, 2022
The prestigious race is returning to its springtime spot for the first time since the pandemic began, after a cancelation in 2020 and a postponement to the fall in 2021.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Runners near the finish line on Boylston Street during the 125th Boston Marathon on October 11, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Runners residing in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's event.

Runners who live in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's Boston Marathon

Apr 07, 2022
Organizers also said that Russians and Belarusians who live elsewhere will still be able to run, just not under their countries' flags. The marathon and 5k are planned for the weekend of April 16.
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National
Larry Trachtenberg, one of the original athletes that completed the first New York City Marathon in 1970, will run the marathon's 50th edition this year. He kept his training log from the 1970 marathon.

They ran the 1st New York City Marathon. Only one returns for the 50th

Nov 03, 2021
Larry Trachtenberg and Jim Isenberg dreamed of running the 50th version of the race they finished back in 1970. A life-altering accident foiled the plan.
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Sports
Benson Kipruto (L) and Diana Kipyogei (R) of Kenya hold up the victory trophy after taking first place in the professional men's and women's divisions during the 125th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday. The first Boston Marathon since Ap

Here are the highlights from a historic Boston Marathon

Oct 11, 2021
Monday's race strayed from tradition in a few ways: It was the first in-person Boston Marathon since April 2019 and the first to take place in the fall. It also coincided with Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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Sports
Daniel Romanchuk in Champaign, Illinois, before he departed for the Chicago Marathon.

5 major marathons. In 42 days. 2 back-to-back. How top wheelchair racers are doing it

Oct 10, 2021
Due to COVID-19 postponements, the races known collectively as the World Marathon Majors, are all scheduled from Sept. 26 to Nov.7. It's an unprecedented crunch for both runners and wheelchair racers.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A group of runners compete in the New York City Marathon in 2019. It's one of many big city races to return this year after they were cancelled over pandemic health restrictions in 2020.

Big City Marathons Are Coming Back

May 20, 2021
Most big city marathons were called off last year. Now that pandemic restrictions have eased, major marathons are planned for later in 2021 in cities including New York, Boston and Chicago.
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Law
Flowers are placed at the memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 20.

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.

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.

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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Newscast headlines

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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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Code Switch
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.

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.

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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Business
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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