The Old South Church bell tolls for marathon winners. He gets to ring it.
David Vogan has been ringing the bell to mark the marathon’s victors since the ’90s.
50 years ago, one man made history as Boston Marathon's first official wheelchair athlete
In 1975, Bob Hall was the first wheelchair competitor in the Boston Marathon. Since then, nearly 1,900 wheelchair athletes have followed.
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Attorneys ask federal judge to weigh in after immigration court denies Öztürk bond
Her attorneys argue the judge had an “untenable conclusion” Öztürk was a flight risk and danger to the community. -
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Springfield man, convicted of murder in 1985, granted new trial after 6 attempts
Edward Wright was found guilty in the killing of his friend Penny Anderson and has been incarcerated ever since. -
Cambridge leaders worry about ‘ripple effect’ of Trump’s funding cuts to Harvard
The Trump administration’s latest salvo targets Harvard’s tax-exempt status at the same time the university’s home city of Cambridge is looking to scale back its budget plans. -
New Bedford arrest video raises questions about constitutional violations
Law enforcement agents smashed the back window of a man’s car and indicated in Spanish they did not have an immigration order before they detained him, a video recorded by the man’s wife shows.
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