Boston Marathon

Boston, MA - 4/16/2017 - Celeste DiGloria of Easton, MA jumps at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street in Boston, MA, April 16, 2017. DiGloria is running her first Boston Marathon for Mass General's pediatric oncology team. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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Countdown to the 121st Boston Marathon

It?s Marathon Monday, and runners are getting ready for the 26.2-mile journey from Hopkinton to Copley Square.

Dave Epstein

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Temperatures will start at about 62 degrees for the race and then increase to about 70 by noon to 1 p.m.

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Runners delighted in the warm weather while attempting to prepare themselves spiritually and mentally for the long road ahead.

Boston police investigated the scene of an afternoon shooting on Havelock Street in February.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Boston police officers say new record system is a ?nightmare?

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

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker[1]-9402.jpg Aaron Hernandez seemed serene

Aaron Hernandez seemed almost eerily at ease during the murder trial that ended with two acquittals on Friday.

Business

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Born three years ago, with roots in a failed video game, the messaging software is now used by 5 million people.

Celtics

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee_celticsbulls29_spts.jpg Plenty of blame to go around after loss

For the Celtics, rebounding, bench play, toughness were all lacking in a Game 1 flop.

Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas observed a moment of silence dedicated to his sister Chyna Thomas, who was killed in a car accident early Saturday.

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.

Rethinking dialysis: Giving patients choices

At Hebrew Senior Life, Dr. Ernest Mandel prepared to administer dialysis to patient John Glynn.

John Tlumacki/Globe staff

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/stephens.jpg In Cleveland, police hunt for suspect who broadcast slaying on Facebook Live

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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Some say President Trump is giving too little attention to the opioid addiction crisis.

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

In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Tensions rise over N. Korea, but few seem worried in Pyongyang

The clouds of war, it might seem, are gathering around the Korean Peninsula.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Bersani%201-1637471.jpg In drunken-driving cases, Melanie?s Law is rarely used

Drunk drivers are rarely convicted of the most serious charge in fatal crashes, the Globe found.

Shots ring out near Revere carnival

Police searched a Revere movie theater and swarmed an outdoor carnival on Sunday night after gunfire broke out.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Kesner_Priceton_jogger_02.jpg Authorities won?t release details about suspect in Marcotte case

Angelo Colon-Ortiz, who has been charged in connection with the murder of Vanessa Marcotte, will be arraigned on Tuesday.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/war%20and%20peace3.jpg Our misguided ?wars of choice?

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.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jim.jpg The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

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