More than 3,500 police officers will patrol this year's Boston Marathon, more than double the number deployed last year, when two bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced they will seek the death penalty against 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing, instantly raising the stakes in what could be one of the most wrenching trials the city has ever seen.
The Boston Red Sox paraded from the Green Monster to the Charles River with a somber stop at the Boston Marathon finish line on Saturday to celebrate a most improbable journey.
A temporary memorial has been unveiled in honor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who authorities say was killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
Massachusetts State Police will conduct an internal investigation into a department photographer's release of gritty images of the surviving Boston Marathon suspect after Rolling Stone ran a cover photo of him.
The parents of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say their son is in "shock" and doesn't understand what has happened to him.