At 2025 Boston Marathon, athletes from around the world meet their moment
Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi set a new course record in the professional women’s race with time of 2:17:22.
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.
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Cape Cod lobsterman turned NOAA gear expert caught in federal layoffs
Eighteen years ago, a Cape Cod fisherman named Rob Martin learned his lobster gear had entangled a humpback whale. He made it his mission to prevent repeats of his experience by becoming a gear specialist for the federal government. But now, Martin is among thousands of federal employees who've, themselves, become entangled in the Trump administration's sweeping job cuts. -
Live results from the 2025 Boston Marathon
Who won the 2025 Boston Marathon? See top finishers from the race. -
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Canadian runner to retrace impressive family history at Boston Marathon
Tom Longboat was the Boston Marathon’s first Indigenous champion back in 1907. Today, his great-great-grandson, Kristian Jamieson, hopes to continue this special family tradition as a runner in Monday’s 129th annual race. -
Unbound Pages: Will Massachusetts be the next state to pass ‘freedom to read’ legislation?
Lawmakers around the country are proposing and passing bills to protect books, students and librarians from book bans.
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