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Jane Richard and her parents, Bill and Denise, paused during a moment of silence Saturday morning at the site of the second Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, where Jane’s brother Martin was killed. Jane lost part of her left leg in the bombing.

‘The hope feels stronger today’: Boston Marathon bombing survivors, families, responders, reflect at finish line memorial 10 years later

Parents, siblings, and survivors were joined by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Governor Maura Healey during a ceremony on the 10th anniversary of the Marathon bombings.

He captured the image that told the story of the Boston Marathon bombing. Ten years later, he finally met the subject. Yvonne Abraham: This Ukrainian journalist has been training for the Boston Marathon in the midst of war. She is running for her country.

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.
It was a perfect spring afternoon 10 years ago when two young men dropped homemade bombs amid the Marathon throng and history swerved. Five lives were lost; many more, changed. A new story for an old town, built of sorrow and resolve, with still no finish line in sight.

One Boston Day: How the city is marking 10 years since the Marathon bombings

Friends of Krystle Campbell, (from left) Bonnie Fleischer, Erin Daly, and her husband, Elliott Nerland, gathered in Copley Square. Campbell died in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing near the finish line.

Friends of marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell remember her on 10th anniversary of attack

“She ran everything. She took care of everyone. She was the glue that held people together,” said Erin Daly, who chose Campbell to be the maid of honor at her 2010 wedding.

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A massive leak of classified military intelligence documents, allegedly carried out by a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stationed on Cape Cod, is casting a harsh light on the military’s internal security protocols, prompting calls for the Defense Department to strengthen protections against unauthorized disclosures.

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The Arizona Cardinals are a mess on the field and even more dysfunctional off of it

The Cardinals haven't won a championship since 1947, and they went 4-13 last season, which resulted in their head coach and general manager getting fired.

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