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Unlike last fall's race, a full field of 30,000 will be running from Hopkinton to Boston.

Your guide to the 2022 Boston Marathon

The 126th Boston Marathon returns to its traditional Patriots Day date, with 30,000 runners set to toe the starting line in Hopkinton on Monday.

These celebrities and notables are running the 2022 Boston Marathon On Monday, these women trailblazers will be at the Boston Marathon to celebrate one of their own See all of our Marathon Monday coverage

In this image provided by Edwin Broersma, marathoner Jacky Hunt-Broersma ran her 80th consecutive marathon on March 27. Hunt-Broersma lost her left leg below the knee to a rare form of cancer.

Jacky’s quest: 102 marathons in 102 days

Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs like a woman possessed. And in a way, she is: The amputee athlete is trying to run at least 102 marathons in 102 days. Monday's run in Boston will be No. 92.

Newsreel outtakes offer a window into the past, showing the 1929 Boston Marathon, won that year by legend Johnny Miles.

Video: Here’s what the Boston Marathon looked like 93 years ago

Newsreel outtakes offer a window into the past, showing the 1929 Boston Marathon, won that year by legend Johnny Miles.

Gary Washburn | CELTICS 115, NETS 114

Celtics stumbled in the fourth quarter but Ime Udoka’s trust in his players was rewarded at the last second
The Celtics coach chose to not call a timeout after Al Horford's rebound with 12.2 seconds left, putting the game in his players' hands.

Christopher L. Gasper: It took five heartbeats for the Celtics to defeat the Nets’ dynamic duo in Game 1

Brianna Angela, 14, hugged her mother, Kristen, outside their home in Lincoln, R.I.

Survey finds widespread grief among children from COVID-19 losses

The results from this survey are telling, and data from elsewhere document the pervasiveness of childhood loss, which can affect mental health and school performance.

Americans older than 60 should get second booster, official says As Boston celebrates, new anxiety over COVID creeps in

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS’s fifth director of English learners on leave, with little explanation

The leadership turnover has had real consequences for students, say parents and advocates, equating to fewer services for English learners.

Lviv governor says 6 people were killed and another 8 were wounded by Russian missile strikes in western Ukrainian city

Lviv governor says 6 people were killed and another 8 were wounded by Russian missile strikes in western Ukrainian city.

US and European allies plan for long-term isolation of Russia Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy Russian deadline to surrender

Red Sox 8, Twins 1

Red Sox blow it open in the eighth, blow out Twins after another strong start from Michael Wacha
Wacha allowed just one hit in five scoreless innings, and the Sox plated six runs in the eighth to put things out of reach.

Tanner Houck indicates he’s not vaccinated, won’t be able to start in Toronto next week

“I’m definitely bummed that I won’t be able to make that start,” Houck said. “But the starts that I am able to make, I plan on giving 100 percent for this team."

Four wild turkey chicks were perched on a branch of a pine tree under the guard of their mother's wings in a Pembroke backyard in 2016.

The new golden age of wildlife in New England

After a century of science-based wildlife management, our backyards and backwoods are booming with animals.

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Cheryl Rafuse, the owner of Plant Magic in Beverly.

Balenciaga, books, blooms: Here’s what’s new in Greater Boston

A new Beverly plant shop and high-fashion retailer opened in recent months. And at the end of April, they're being joined by a bookstore in Chestnut Hill.

Opinion

A class at Ayesha Durkhani girls school in Kabul on March 23. These students are in the sixth grade, the highest class the Taliban is allowing girls to attend.

The world must help the girls of Afghanistan

The Taliban is once again restricting education for girls, but the West still has some levers it can use to change that.

Are we ready for the Philip Guston exhibit at the MFA?

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Abolishing MBTA bus fares is about more than improving transit access

LESLEE SHERRILL

I stayed at the party too long, or why I left the GOP

Waiting for liquor license reform in Boston

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Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe. We revisit some of the most impactful stories Globe journalists have covered, look back at 150 significant front pages, reflect on how the newsroom and Boston have changed, and much, much more.

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Logan Terminal A evacuated after ‘suspicious’ item found, later determined to be a PlayStation

TSA agents were screening checked luggage at 4:05 p.m. for a Delta flight when they “observed a potentially suspicious item in a bag” and requested the State Police Bomb Squad to respond, State Police said in a statement.

Sunrise Mass at Castle Island makes triumphant return as faithful mark Easter outdoors
Hands stuffed in pockets to resist the bitter wind, hundreds uttered the Lord’s prayer in quiet unison as the sun rose Sunday morning on Castle Island, ushering in one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar in the same way South Boston residents have for decades.

Nancy Waples, daughter of Chinese immigrants, becomes first woman of color on Vermont’s Supreme Court
Waples, who was sworn in on Friday, said her appointment to the court represents a major personal breakthrough and that she will serve to "lend a hand" to other people of color working in the legal system.

At Women’s Lunch Place in Back Bay, a new focus on sobriety
The shelter is now offering expanded wellness programs, including a new substance abuse treatment program that was launched earlier this month to help women battling addiction or suffering from mental illness, or both.

US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend; 2 dead

Authorities in South Carolina are investigating a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday that wounded at least nine people. It was the second mass shooting in the state and the third in the nation during the Easter holiday weekend.

Three firefighters injured in Brookline blaze

The fire was reported in a six-unit commercial building at 317 Washington St., a spokesperson for the Brookline Fire Department said.

Recommended reads

Students headed to class at the James P. Timilty Middle School in Boston this month.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Once a crown jewel of BPS, Roxbury’s Timilty Middle School will close in June. Will its history of transformation be remembered?

Timilty's enrollment plummeted from 700 in 2012 to just 200 this year. The district will shut the school's doors in June.

Larry Edelman

Larry Summers was right on inflation. Let’s hope his recession forecast is wrong.
As the Federal Reserve scrambles to tame price increases, the Harvard economist and former US Treasury secretary sees the odds of a downturn at about two-thirds within two years.

For the US ambassador to Moscow, a long journey from South Boston
John Sullivan went from South Boston, Medfield, and Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood to one of the toughest diplomatic jobs on the planet — point-man for an outraged US government seeking to punish the Kremlin for the brutal war against Ukraine.

State power limits Boston’s vision
Because of a striking concentration of power in the Massachusetts state government, Boston and its neighbors must seek state sign-off for a range of actions, from substantive policy changes to more routine proposals.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A.I.M's Catherine Kirk dances "Our Indigo: If We Were a Love Song."

Kyle Abraham and A.I.M soldier on at the ICA

ICA director Jill Medvedow on the eve of her departure for the Venice Biennale this month, where her institution is responsible for the US's official entry to the bi-annual "art world Olympics."

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine

Travis Alabanza in "Burgerz."

In ‘Burgerz,’ a trans artist looks at you looking the other away

Andy Warhol, "Lou Reed (Coke)," 1966.

Serious face time, courtesy of Andy Warhol

Special Projects

Paul Gunter.

Spotlight Team investigation

Unfinished Justice

The state’s high court in 2017 struck down a murder law that had condemned men who never killed to die behind bars. But what about those already facing that dire penalty? They are waiting.

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

President Biden at Andrews Air Force Base on Thursday.

‘Putin’s price hike’ is just the latest Biden inflation myth

A sign in a store in Philadelphia in February.

COVID isn’t making a comeback — it never left

BPDA director Brian Golden, seen here at a coronavirus briefing in April 2020, led the city's planning process during a period of rapid growth and equally rapid climate change.

BPDA head leaves big shoes to fill

Then a senior adviser to the White House, Jared Kushner meets with Saudi Arabian officials during a visit in March 2018. Kushner was initially denied a security clearance due to concerns that he could be susceptible to foreign influence. President Trump overruled the decision.

As more Trump-era outrages come to light, Congress must give the emoluments clause teeth

Serena Williams holds her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., and the ASB trophy after winning her singles finals match against Jessica Pegula at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan 12, 2020.

Allison Bryant, Makeeba McCreary, and Elsie Taveras

Giving birth while Black should not be a death sentence

A Boston Herald-Traveler article about 14-year-old Rocky Chamberlain, who ran in the 1967 Boston Marathon and whose "Beatle-type" hair style caused some to think he was the third girl running in that year's race.

IDEAS | AARON SCHMIDT

Gender panic on Heartbreak Hill

Metro

Startup is making children’s books accessible online, while supporting refugees

More than 40 percent of the world’s children still have restricted access to children’s books.

On a day of fanfare at the Boston Marathon, reminders of the war in Ukraine

“We need to show the world that this is not just a war in Ukraine,” said runner Igor Krytsak, who had just arrived from Kyiv. “There are thousands of us dying, yes, but this is a war that has implications for the world. Our people are protecting all people of the world.”

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS’s fifth director of English learners on leave, with little explanation

The leadership turnover has had real consequences for students, say parents and advocates, equating to fewer services for English learners.

Logan Terminal A evacuated after ‘suspicious’ item found, later determined to be a PlayStation

TSA agents were screening checked luggage at 4:05 p.m. for a Delta flight when they “observed a potentially suspicious item in a bag” and requested the State Police Bomb Squad to respond, State Police said in a statement.

Sports

Rich Hill is 42 years old.

Twins at Red Sox | 11:10 a.m. (NESN)

Patriots Day baseball: Emotional start on tap for Rich Hill as Red Sox wrap up series vs. Twins

Hill will get the start for Boston on Marathon Monday a few days after the passing of his father, Lloyd Hill Sr., who ran the Boston Marathon 37 times.

Spectators and participants check out the freshly painted finish line on Sunday.

Follow along live with the 2022 Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is back, for the second time in six months and for its first Patriots Day start since 2019. We'll have news, updates, and results throughout the day.

Kathrine Switzer entered the 1967 Boston Marathon under the name K. Switzer. Race director Jock Semple tried to force her off the course, but failed. Five years later, women were finally allowed to run as registered participants.

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On Monday, these women trailblazers will be at the Boston Marathon to celebrate one of their own

Val Rogosheske, part of the inaugural women's field at the Boston Marathon in 1972, will run, and four of her peers — Kathrine Switzer, Sara Mae Berman, Nina Kuscsik, and Pat Barrett — will be watching.

Suns 110, Pelicans 99

Chris Paul takes over in fourth quarter as Suns turn away Pelicans

Kyle Busch gets nitty-gritty NASCAR Cup Series victory in dirt race at Bristol, Tenn.

Kyrie Irving may have led the Nets with 39 points, but he didn’t rise above his hostile reception at TD Garden

Business

Shanghai quarantine: 24-hour lights, no hot showers

Most of Shanghai shut down starting March 28 and its 25 million people were ordered to stay home. That led to complaints about food shortages and soaring economic losses.

China’s economic data hints at cost of zero COVID-19 strategy

Faced with its worst COVID-19 outbreak yet, China has been enforcing an expanding number of mass quarantines, strict lockdowns, and border controls.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Logan finally bouncing back as traffic approaches pre-pandemic levels

Balenciaga, books, blooms: Here’s what’s new in Greater Boston

magazine

This week's daters: Carla and Greg.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Not everyone is comfortable with sharing plates’

The writer (right) on assignment with Ted Williams in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1955.

I spent a week filming Red Sox great Ted Williams fishing. It was a dream.

Children from the Love Canal area protest the lack of immediate relief for families advised to leave their homes in 1978.

She was determined to expose the health risks at Love Canal, whatever the cost

Are young women catching ‘TikTok tics’ from social media? The answer is complex.

metro

Brianna Angela, 14, hugged her mother, Kristen, outside their home in Lincoln, R.I.

Survey finds widespread grief among children from COVID-19 losses

Snow, rain, and graupel move through parts of Mass. on Easter Sunday

The new golden age of wildlife in New England

sports

Marcus Smart drives past a leaping Bruce Brown before passing the ball for the winning layup

Celtics stumbled in the fourth quarter but Ime Udoka’s trust in his players was rewarded at the last second

Giannis Antetokounmpo helps Bucks bounce back after blowing big lead to Bulls

It took five heartbeats for the Celtics to defeat the Nets’ dynamic duo in Game 1

business

Disney employees and supporters in Burbank, Calif., protested the company's reaction to a new Florida law restricting classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Disney, built on fairy tales and fantasy, confronts the real world

FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness

A 150-year-old church organ receives its Easter tune-up

politics

Greenpeace environmental activists protested a tanker delivering Russian oil to the harbor in Antwerp, Belgium.

Europe has yet to hit Russia where it would hurt the most: banning its oil and gas

Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

The Bidens paid 24.6 percent taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show

Nation

Pittsburgh officials investigated a shooting at an Airbnb party.

Police search for suspects after 2 killed in mass shooting in Pittsburgh

US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend; 2 dead

2 minors dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Pittsburgh party

World

Firefighters battle a blaze after a civilian building was hit by a Russian missile.

Lviv governor says 6 people were killed and another 8 were wounded by Russian missile strikes in western Ukrainian city

A vow to ‘fight to the end’ in Mariupol

Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy Russian deadline to surrender

opinion

A sign in a store in Philadelphia in February.

COVID isn’t making a comeback — it never left

DCR lacks the resources it needs to rescue our parks from decay

There are solutions to struggles of working family caregivers

lifestyle

Ramadan street lighting on Friday in the Old City of Jerusalem as Christians, Jews, and Muslims — and Buddhists, Baha’is, Sikhs, Jains, and Hindus — marked the rare overlap of the holy days in April, a convergence that happens only rarely.

Holy days converging in April spark interfaith celebrations

11 events for runners, families, and spectators to celebrate the 126th Boston Marathon

He promised he wouldn’t watch porn

food & dining

Tuscan Kitchen in Seaport will be serving unlimited servings of bolognese to runners, free of charge, all weekend.

A restaurant guide to Marathon Monday for runners and spectators alike

Si Cara brings canotto-style pizza to Central Square; reaper-hot chicken sets Newton aflame

Benefit dinner at Uni raises $1 million for World Central Kitchen’s Ukraine efforts

travel

Spring is here and romance is in the air at Purity Spring Resort, a sprawling lakeside property nestled between the Lakes Region and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Family fun in N.H., nonstop flights from PVD, and a Dante-inspired hotel in Italy

She doesn’t pack light and that’s just how it is

Is it possible to sleep comfortably on an overnight flight?

Arts

Patti Smith, “The River Ouse, East Sussex, England”

The Photographic Resource Center displays some of its resources

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine

Winners of this year’s Mass. Scholastic Art and Writing Awards explored themes that range from weighty to light

Books

Investigating a book of the dead in ‘The Unwritten Book’

For Emily St. John Mandel, it’s always fiction, no matter the genre

A mind at work and play, in a critic’s memoir

Movies

Creators and Emerson Alumni Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert bookended cast members Ke Huy Quan (2-L) and James Hong (2-R). They all attended the premiere of A24's "Everything Everywhere All At Once" at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on March 23, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is making its mark at the 2022 box-office

Clothing allowance, blues legend, film studies, 33⅓ revolutions per minute

Serious face time, courtesy of Andy Warhol

Television

Lizzo.

Lizzo shined like a star as she hosted and performed on ‘SNL’

Lee Daniels to bring Sammy Davis Jr. series to Hulu

10 TV shows that have made this a very good year in entertainment already

music

Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Donald Berman performed a piece by Robert and Clara Schumann, presented Thursday by Winsor Music at First Church in Boston.

Winsor Music’s deeply satisfying, well-timed evening with Schumanns and Kurtág

Stirring Debussy from Alan Gilbert and Beethoven from Joshua Bell at the BSO

Ex-Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett joins ‘Defeat the Mandates’ rally in Los Angeles

Theater/Dance

Travis Alabanza in "Burgerz."

In ‘Burgerz,’ a trans artist looks at you looking the other away

Spiro Veloudos guides ‘Gentleman’ in his return to Lyric Stage

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ brings Mary Badham, the original Scout, back to Maycomb 60 years later

globe local

A fire broke out in Lawrence on Friday.

6-alarm fire in Lawrence displaces 16 families

‘Praying that soon we will all be at peace’: Greater Boston’s Jewish community offers support to people of Ukraine

Christmas in April, and the timing was perfect

Obituaries

FILE - Mexico's human rights activist Rosario Ibarra de Piedra shows a photo of her son Jesus who disappeared during Mexico's so called "dirty war", at her home in Mexico City, Nov. 5, 2003. Ibarra, whose long struggle to learn the fate of her disappeared son helped develop Mexico's human rights movement and led her to become the country's first female presidential candidate, died Saturday, April 16, 2022. She was 95. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, Rosario Ibarra, dies

Christopher Coover, auction expert in the printed word, dies at 72

Franz Mohr, piano tuner to the stars, dies at 94