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Conflict
What San Bernardino police learned from the Boston Marathon bombings manhunt
New Orleans 2
Global Politics
Do feel-good slogans like ‘Resilient New Orleans’ and ‘Boston Strong’ mask income inequality?
Middle school teacher Jenny Chung was wounded by shrapnel in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
Health
Resilience: This Boston Marathon bombing survivor could teach a course on it
President Barack Obama talks to Cardinal Sean O'Malley during an interfaith memorial service for Boston Marathon bombing victims at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross on April 18, 2013.
Belief
Does God want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to get the death penalty?
Security personnel stand along Boylston Street near the finish line of the 119th Boston Marathon, held on April 20, 2015.
Justice
The Boston Marathon bombings changed the race — but not necessarily the security conversation
Dave Fortier survived the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing but still suffers from tinnitus, a ringing sound that doctors once told him would go away within a few days.
Health
Boston Marathon bombing survivors deal with a lingering, invisible injury — tinnitus
Patimat Suleimanova, aunt of Boston bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, holds a photo from the family archive at her house in Makhachkala.
Books
Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s worldview was shaped by a jarring, unsettled childhood
Steven and Mackenzie Loy at the start of the 2013 Boston Marathon. She was stopped a mile short of the finish line after the race was bombed.
Sports
Once thwarted by the Boston bombings, this marathoner prepares for the Paris Marathon post-Charlie Hebdo
A blood-stained message prosecutors say Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote on the inside of a boat. The undated photo was presented as evidence to jurors at Tsarnaev's trial in Boston.
Justice
The man who escaped the Tsarnaev brothers takes the stand in Boston
Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile leaves the federal courthouse in Boston on the first day of the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on March 4, 2015.
Justice
Everyone says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev bombed the Boston Marathon — even his own lawyers
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is shown in a courtroom sketch on the first day of jury selection at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 5, 2015.
Justice
Massachusetts isn’t OK with the death penalty, but Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s jurors had to be
Arts, Culture & Media
With The Joining Project, an Albanian artist is knitting Boston together
Sports
Why the Boston Marathon bombing made me watch mixed martial arts
Boston Marathon
Sports
Elite runners from around the world are returning to Boston, helping the city put the bombing behind it
Boston Marathon
Sports
Elite runners from around the world are returning to Boston, helping the city put the bombing behind it
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (C) joins the family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard at the finish line for a wreath-laying ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2014. Richard's family members include sister Jane (3rd R), mothe
Conflict & Justice
The Massachusetts governor says the Boston Marathon attacks pulled the community together
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (C) joins the family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard at the finish line for a wreath-laying ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2014. Richard's family members include sister Jane (3rd R), mothe
Conflict & Justice
The Massachusetts governor says the Boston Marathon attacks pulled the community together
Marathon runner and surgeon David King.
Conflict & Justice
For a Boston surgeon and marathoner, this year’s race is a chance to move on
A man looks on at the Dear Boston exhibit at the Boston Public Library.
Lifestyle & Belief
Whether you run for fun, solidarity, or necessity depends on where you are
A man looks on at the Dear Boston exhibit at the Boston Public Library.
Lifestyle & Belief
Whether you run for fun, solidarity, or necessity depends on where you are
A mural by students from the Community Arts Center in Cambridge celebrates their city and pays tribute to slain MIT police officer Sean Collier, killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Cambridge is coming to terms with its close connection to the Boston Marathon suspects
Lukman Faily isn't planning to break any records at the Boston Marathon this year. The 48 year-old Iraqi diplomat says he brings a message of solidarity for the victims of terrorism everywhere.
Conflict & Justice
This is why Iraq’s ambassador is running in the 2014 Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon memorial of runners shoes
Conflict & Justice
As we remember the Boston Marathon tragedy, should we try to forget the alleged bombers?
Boston Marathon memorial of runners shoes
Conflict & Justice
As we remember the Boston Marathon tragedy, should we try to forget the alleged bombers?
Aftermath of the Boston marathon bombing
Conflict & Justice
Solving a triple murder case might have prevented the Boston Marathon bombings
A woman is comforted by a man near a triage tent set up for the Boston Marathon after the April 2013 bombings
Conflict & Justice
Here’s a quick guide to handling the emotions that may come up with the Boston Marathon anniversary
A woman is comforted by a man near a triage tent set up for the Boston Marathon after the April 2013 bombings
Conflict & Justice
Here’s a quick guide to handling the emotions that may come up with the Boston Marathon anniversary
NSA and Santa cartoon
Global Scan
So just where will the NSA stop?
Conflict & Justice
Was alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev mentally ill?