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Marathon racers surge toward Boston

More than 30,000 racers took off from Hopkinton this morning in the 121st running of the Boston Marathon.

SLIDER IMAGE Hopkinton, MA - 4-17-17 - Runner jumps for joy at the strat of the Boston Marathon from Hopkinton, MA. on April. 17, 2017.

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slider -- Boston-04/17/2017- The Boston Marathon finish line- Womens wheelcahir winner Manuela Schar receives her trophy. John Tlumacki/Globe staff(sports)

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Wheelchair racer Marcel E. Hug (left) crossed the finish line.

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SLIDER IAMGE: Wellsley, MA - 4/17/2017 - A runner splashes water on her face during the running of the 121st Boston Marathon in Wellsley, MA, April 17, 2017. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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Slider Image -- Hopkinton, MA - 4-17-17 - Men elite leave the starting line of the Boston Marathon from Hopkinton, MA. on April. 17, 2017. Bill Greene / Globe Staff.

Bill Greene / Globe Staff

SLIDER -- Boston, MA - 4/17/2017 - A runner sleeps at the athelete's village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon in Boston, MA, April 17, 2017. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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SLIDER IAMGE -- Wellesley, MA., 04/17/17, Wellesley College sophomore Jules Koury, cq, sets up signs for the scream tunnel in advance of the 121st running of the Boston Marathon. Globe staff/Suzanne Kreiter

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SLIDER -- Boston, MA - 4/17/2017 - Runners make their way through the athelete's village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon in Boston, MA, April 17, 2017. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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Before the marathon had even begun, several runners were disqualified.

Boston Marathon

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Marcel Hug outdueled Ernst Van Dyk in the men?s event, and Manuela Schar took the women?s title.

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Shihan Wijeyeratne was the first registered runner to step off a bus and into the athletes village in Hopkinton Monday.

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Steven Wright is on the mound for the Red Sox to start this year?s Patriots Day game.

Boston Marathon

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Fifty years after she made history as the first woman to finish the Marathon with a bib number, Switzer is leading the effort to empower female athletes.

Race map

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?Based on everything we know at this point, he does not appear to be in any violation of immigration law,? a State Police spokesman said.

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A man who allegedly killed another man while streaming it live on Facebook claimed in the video that he snapped because of a woman.

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A high percentage of patients die anyway, and even those who live longer often don?t live well.

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The parents of Michael Kelleher, a Southborough man who had been missing since March, said his body was found Sunday morning.

The Trump administration

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Vice President Mike Pence said ?all options are on the table? when it comes to ending the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

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Trump was the first major-party nominee in more than 40 years not to release his returns.

Participants in the reenactment of the skirmish that took place in 1775 on Lexington Green celebrated the 242nd anniversary of the event.

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?The beginning of America?: Shots ring out to mark Battle of Lexington

Hundreds of spectators arrived before sunrise with bleary-eyed children in tow to watch the early-morning reenactment on Lexington Green.

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Officers say incident reports take longer to complete and error messages appear without explanation.

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The final episode spoke to some of the deepest themes of the six-season HBO series.

Celtics

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/669205492-13887.jpg Charles Barkley says Isaiah Thomas crying over his sister made him ?uncomfortable?

?I?m not feeling comfortable with him sitting on the sideline crying like that,? the basketball analyst said Sunday.

World

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In his late 20s, Harry crumbled, the prince told the Daily Telegraph in a recent, revealing interview.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/C9kWqMSUIAAxraI.jpg Framingham boy, 5, identified as Milford hit-and-run victim

Police are looking for a red Toyota Scion xB with tinted windows and black wheels.

Opinion & Ideas

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There is one foreign policy goal that matters above all the others, and that is to keep the United States out of a new war.

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