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A sea of runners ambled after crossing the finish line of the 126th Boston Marathon.

‘This is the day to live for.’ Region basks in return of Patriots Day atmosphere.

Following the difficult COVID years and with the memory of the 2013 attack still lingering, Monday seemed like the day that Boston needed — and deserved. The sky was clear with a crisp breeze, and the atmosphere was made even more buoyant by the celebratory mood of the runners and onlookers.

See photos from this year's sunny Boston Marathon

Boston, MA 04/18/22 Henry Richards hugs his mother Denise Richard (right) and sister, Jane Richard, in front of his father, Bill Richard after Henry crossed the finish line of the 126th Boston Marathon. (photo by Matthew J Lee/Globe staff)

Henry Richard, older brother of Martin Richard, finishes Boston Marathon with emotional embrace of family

He was greeted by his parents Bill and Denise, who embraced him moments after finishing in 4:02.20.

Dr. Howard Weinstein with his daughter Becca at Mile 20 of the Boston Marathon on Monday. He has run it 30 times.

Back to a type of normal as we can get

After three years of disruption, the Marathon was a beautiful sight on a glorious Patriots Day.

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Live updates from the 2022 Boston Marathon

Marathon results

See full results from the 2022 Boston Marathon

Val Rogosheske was one of eight women in the first official women's field at the Boston Marathon in 1972, and she returned to honor the 50th anniversary of her debut in 2022.

50 years after her historic Boston Marathon debut, Val Rogosheske is the center of attention

A man carrying a picture of actor Will Smith runs behind Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, left, and Ababel Yeshaneh, of Ethiopia, during the 126th Boston Marathon in Natick, Mass, Monday, April 18, 2022.

‘Oh my quad’: See photos of some of the best signs along the Boston Marathon route

Here’s how celebrities and notable people did at the 2022 Boston Marathon

Amputee athlete Jacky Hunt-Broersma finishes 2022 Boston Marathon, makes it 92 marathons in 92 days

Most major US airlines drop mask mandates after court ruling

A federal judge on Monday overturned a nationwide mask mandate on public transportation, and within hours some airlines had dropped that requirement.

Judge voids national mask mandate for airports, planes, and other public travel

A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of US health officials.

MBTA says it’s reviewing a federal judge’s decision to overturn mask mandate on public transit and airplanes

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said Monday afternoon it was reviewing the decision by a federal judge in Florida voiding the national mask mandate on airplanes and public transit.

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority asks riders to keep wearing masks

Pandemic’s lesson for many older folks: Stay in your home as long as you can
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Mother of Elijah Lewis, N.H. boy found dead in Mass., indicted on murder charges
The mother of the 5-year-old, whose body was found in a wooded area of Abington in October 2021, has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the case, N.H. Attorney General John Formella’s office said Monday.

Russia launches fight for industrial heartland, Ukraine says
After days of regrouping and reinforcing, the Russian military began a new and potentially climactic phase of the war in Ukraine by launching its long-feared, full-scale ground offensive to take control of the country’s industrial heartland, the Donbas, Ukrainian officials said.

Wind and rain expected overnight in Eastern Mass., with snow in the Berkshires

Celtics guard Marcus Smart (right) was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Monday.

Celtics’ Marcus Smart wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year; first guard honored since 1996

Smart is the second Celtic to win the award, after Kevin Garnett did so in 2007-08.

Malcolm Butler played for the Titans from 2018 to 2020.

Malcolm Butler didn’t burn any bridges, and that’s how he landed back with the Patriots

The infamous Super Bowl benching didn't get in the way of a deal, because he and Bill Belichick talked it out shortly after it happened.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones arrived at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2019.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones had Easter brunch in Rhode Island

Hollywood stars Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and “their beautiful family” enjoyed Easter brunch on Sunday at traditional Greek restaurant Andrea’s Providence in Rhode Island’s capital, according to the owner, Philippe Maatouk.

Opinion

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson runs a jail that’s regularly decried by prison reform advocates, and he’s all-in with Trump’s anti-immigration policies.

Why is Governor Charlie Baker giving his blessing to the sheriff of Trumpachusetts?

When it comes to immigration, there may be some common ground between the governor and Sheriff Thomas Hodgson.

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

The high costs of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s political stunts

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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The world must help the girls of Afghanistan

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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 passenger boards the MBTA 28 bus on Sept. 28, 2021, during a three-month pilot program during which passengers didn't have to pay a fare to ride the bus.

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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.

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Those remaining in the Republican Party are afraid. Standing up for what you think is right, if it is not in lockstep, is too dangerous and not worth the onslaught that might follow.

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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.

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Metro

Wind and rain expected overnight in Eastern Mass., with snow in the Berkshires

Eastern Massachusetts will be under a wind advisory early Tuesday morning, with gusts of up to 55 miles per hour. Some coastal flooding is expected overnight, and low-lying areas may see up to six inches of water.

Town of Narragansett isn’t letting Lighthouse Inn issue go

On Monday night, the Town Council voted to start formally asking questions of the state agencies that were involved in the scuttled deal tp renovate the property.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones had Easter brunch in Rhode Island

Hollywood stars Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and “their beautiful family” enjoyed Easter brunch on Sunday at traditional Greek restaurant Andrea’s Providence in Rhode Island’s capital, according to the owner, Philippe Maatouk.

RIPTA asks riders to keep wearing masks as it reviews judge’s ruling striking down mandate

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Charlie Walker allowed three runs on three hits with six strikeouts in five innings for Milton.

MONDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

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William Gupton kisses his wife as he holds their child shortly after crossing the finish line.

2022 Boston Marathon

How it happened: The 2022 Boston Marathon brought tears and triumph along 26.2 miles

The Marathon returned to its Patriots Day date for the first time in three years, and it was a Kenyan sweep in the elite races with Evans Chebet and Peres Jepchirchir winning.

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Business

Most major US airlines drop mask mandates after court ruling

A federal judge on Monday overturned a nationwide mask mandate on public transportation, and within hours some airlines had dropped that requirement.

Treasury uses tax day to press its case for more funding

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magazine

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Dinner with Cupid

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

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

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

metro

A sea of runners ambled after crossing the finish line of the 126th Boston Marathon.

‘This is the day to live for.’ Region basks in return of Patriots Day atmosphere.

Runners who finish well back in the pack cherish experience, honoring themselves and others

Back to a type of normal as we can get

sports

A sea of runners ambled after crossing the finish line of the 126th Boston Marathon.

‘This is the day to live for.’ Region basks in return of Patriots Day atmosphere.

Joel Embiid helps power 76ers to 2-0 series lead over the Raptors

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Both the House and the Senate passed legislation to boost computer chip manufacturing amid the global shortage. The shortage made it harder for consumers to purchase cars, computers, and other necessities.

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Etsy sellers say fee hikes are gouging their incomes

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politics

US Vice President Kamala Harris (C) is greeted by military commanders on arrival for a tour at Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 18, 2022 in Lompoc, California.

White House commits to barring anti-satellite missile tests

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas inmate who claimed racial bias in jury

White House to lead second global COVID summit in May

Nation

Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James Crumbley, parents of the alleged teen Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley who is charged with killing four people and wounding seven others, appeared in 6th Circuit Court for their pretrial hearing on March 22, 2022 in Pontiac, Michigan.

Parents charged in Michigan school shooting seek lower bond

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Judge voids national mask mandate for airports, planes, and other public travel

World

A combine harvests wheat, Aug. 5, 2021, near Pullman, Wash. How to prevent food insecurity and skyrocketing prices globally as Russia continues its war in Ukraine will be the marquee topic of discussion at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington.

Global finance meeting focuses on war-driven food insecurity

Russia launches fight for industrial heartland, Ukraine says

Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has begun, Zelensky says

opinion

President Biden at Andrews Air Force Base on Thursday.

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

Waiting for liquor license reform in Boston

COVID isn’t making a comeback — it never left

lifestyle

Is my boyfriend my caregiver? Or am I his?

Holy days converging in April spark interfaith celebrations

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

food & dining

Boston chef Tiffani Faison won the third season of the Food Network cooking competition show "Tournament of Champions" on April 17.

Tiffani Faison wins ‘Tournament of Champions’ Food Network competition

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

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

Frequent gallery patron Christine Kyle of Cambridge looks at "The Space Beyond," the largest piece in the exhibit “Carmelo Midili: Beyond the Shape,” on display at the Boston Sculptors Gallery LaunchPad space through May 1.

One artist’s trash is another’s treasure

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

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

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones arrived at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2019.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones had Easter brunch in Rhode Island

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

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

Television

Sebastian Stan and Lily James play Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson in "Pam & Tommy."

Was ‘Pam & Tommy’ fair to the real Pam?

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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

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

Broadway theaters to largely drop vaccine checks but keep mask mandates

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

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 - Composer Harrison Birtwistle, from Britain, congratulates Conductor Pierre Boulez from France and the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, on Thursday, Sept 16, 2004, at the Lucerne Festival in the KKL Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne, Switzerland. Birtwistle, widely recognized as one of Britain’s greatest contemporary composers, has died. He was 87. Birtwistle’s publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, said he died Monday, April 18, 2022, at his home in Mere, southwest England. No cause of death was given. Birtwistle created daringly experimental music that sometimes tried the patience of listeners. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sigi Tischler, File)

Groundbreaking composer Harrison Birtwistle dies at 87

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