Rain. Cold. Wind. The runners who took on the challenge of completing the 26.2-mile course weren?t helped by Mother Nature.
Linden and Kawauchi recorded the slowest winning times in 40 years.
TARA SULLIVAN
A day dripping with emotion for Desiree Linden Linden, passed down the stretch in 2011, gutted out a victory Monday.
CHAD FINN
This wasn?t the finish Shalane Flanagan wanted In what she insisted was her last competitive Boston Marathon, the Marblehead native finished seventh.
Meet the Phillips Andover teacher who took fourth It was a surprising finish for Rachel Hyland, who was attempting Boston for a second time.
Sarah Sellers was runner-up. Who the heck is she? The under-the-radar 26-year-old works as an anesthesiology nurse in Arizona.
KEVIN CULLEN
What?s a little rain when you?ve survived war? Army veterans Tom Davis and Alfredo ?Freddie? De Los Santos, who each lost a leg in combat, finished first and second in the handcycle division.
It was a significant payday for top finishers The fastest man and woman each took home six-figure checks.
A look at Monday?s winners From the wheelchair division to the elite runners, here?s who picked up a laurel wreath Monday.
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DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Like Boston in the bad old days, Toronto has long had a knack for coming up short.
Who is this shirtless, hairy hunk from the mid-20th century? Harvard wants to know The pictures, posted by the library on a blog item, will set your mind racing, if you?re a film fan.
News Analysis
A deeper look at key moments in James Comey?s ?20/20? interview ABC News aired an hourlong interview on Sunday with James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Trump last year.
BOLD TYPES
An early Pence ally wants to build Rasky?s national lobbying practice Jess Tocco is methodically working on the effort, state by state.
The Nationals slugger?s bat split into two, yet he still mashed a 406-foot home run.
Fox News host Sean Hannity said he is not a client of Michael Cohen, adding Cohen ?has never represented me.?
?Not all of my choices were good,? Trump says of Cabinet picks The president promised to surround himself with top-quality associates. Instead, his top deputies have courted controversy and scandal.
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Branville Bard urged the public to not cast judgment on the officers? actions based on ?20-20 hindsight.?
Teaching hospitals say they?ll reach out to minorities Dana-Farber and Mass. General will try to hire more black and Latino doctors. The pledge comes after a Spotlight Team report on race relations in Boston.
Companies going to court more often over trade secrets A fight between two area pharmaceutical companies isn?t an unusual one. Such cases more than tripled nationwide between 2004 and 2014.
Lung cancer patients live longer with immune therapy The findings should change medical practice immediately, cancer experts say.
Keith Bedford/Globe Staff/File
Frank Bidart, a Wellesley College professor and one of America?s most respected poets, won for his book ?Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016.?
Lawyers for man suspected in deaths blame ?tabloid media? Nathan Carman is at the center of separate investigations into his wealthy grandfather?s killing and his mother?s disappearance.
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Wayfair at forefront of Supreme Court online tax case Wayfair didn?t seek the national spotlight. But that?s where the online home-goods retailer ended up.
Yarmouth church to hold tonight?s wake for slain officer St. Pius X Church will host Sean Gannon?s wake from 4 to 8 p.m.
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It?s not just Starbucks: White fear is an American problem For black people, this video has been viral forever.
One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .
Opinion
Massachusetts has the nation?s lowest rate of gun deaths. Here are #7steps your state can take to save lives.
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Listen to the latest episode of ?The Readout LOUD? Why are biotech investors suddenly so exuberant? What does it mean when a CEO scrubs his LinkedIn profile?
The Japanese star will pitch for the Angels in Tuesday?s series opener, opposite the Sox? David Price.
Howard Robinson, 48, faces a variety of drug- and gun-related charges.
Originally listed for $25,000,000, the property has a main residence and a guest cottage.
The family is grateful for ?everybody?s prayers and thoughts,? Jenna Bush Hager said.
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Here's what we love (and loathe) about the Jeep's super SUV.
Western officials accused Syria and Russia of preventing weapons inspectors from reaching the site in Douma.
His message isn?t consistent with where things stand in global currency markets.
Yu-An Chang of Taiwan won first prize at a 2016 international conducting competition.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in March: Multiple nor?easters, St. Patrick?s Day, and protesting gun violence.
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