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Readers recount their memories of the Boston Marathon Bombing 10 years later

Our readers share what memories have stuck with them from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. ( Produced by Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff )

Readers share their memories of the Boston Marathon bombing 10 years later

For those living in Boston at the time of the attack, the week of the 2013 Boston Marathon is one they will never forget.

Then-governor Charlie Baker (left) and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu bow their heads as a wreath is laid at the site of the Boston Marathon bombings during the 2022 ceremony.

How the city of Boston will mark 10 years since the Marathon bombings

A private ceremony will be held on April 15, then the public is welcome to visit the marker at the Marathon finish line on Boylston Street.

‘Being nice can change a life’: Mel King’s funeral service held at Union United Methodist Church
A funeral service for King, who died last month at age 94, was held at Union United Methodist Church in the South End. It may also be viewed at two satellite locations or streamed online.

FOOD

With warmer days ahead, here’s a running list of the Boston area’s best patios
Patio season gives fresh meaning to “dining out.”

Bittersweet news for candy fans: EHChocolatier to close on April 28

Faro Café on Arrow Street in Cambridge.

Faro Café in Harvard Square is giving off major Café Pamplona vibes

Owner Henry Hoffstot shares the same goal of establishing a community environment, but his methods are new.

Manhattan district attorney sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has or plans to issue as part of an investigation of the Bragg’s handling of the Trump case.

Malden company accused of deadly delay in reporting window awning problems
SunSetter delayed filing reports until weeks after it learned of the death of a 73-year man allegedly due to a defect in the company’s retractable awnings, according to a civil complaint filed by the Justice Department.

‘That’s simply not true’: Six dubious statements from the Texas abortion pill ruling, according to experts

Here are six statements from the decision, which attempts to invalidate the FDA’s approval of the drug, that medical experts said are either inflammatory, inaccurate, or both.

In N.E., lawsuit backstops abortion pill access in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont

More than half of Mass. Republicans considered leaving the state in the past year, poll finds

A new UMass Amherst/WCVB poll found that more than half the state's Republicans have contemplated leaving Massachusetts owing in part to frustration over tax rates and progressive policies.

Police release body camera footage of officer response to Louisville shooter at bank
The Louisville police chief said at a news conference that the gunman bought the AR-15 assault-style rifle on April 4 at a local dealership.

What we know about victims of the bank shooting

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 attack

Paul Pierce on getting fired from ESPN: ‘What did I do wrong?’

Rubén Carmona was selected Monday night to be the next superintendent of Somerville Public Schools.

Somerville School Committee names Rubén Carmona new superintendent

Rubén Carmona will begin his new role at the start of July, pending negotiations with the School Committee.

House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano and House Ways and Means chair Aaron Michlewitz spoke to reporters in the Massachusetts State House on Aug. 1, 2022.

House’s billion-dollar tax plan echoes Healey’s ‘competitiveness’ goals through tax cuts, credits, and policy overhauls

The House plans to move quickly on its proposal: House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano told reporters Monday that the bill will go to the floor for a vote Thursday.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, left, who wrote the music and lyrics for “In the Heights,” and Anthony Ramos, who stars in the movie, at the premiere of “In the Heights,” at the United Palace in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan on the opening night June 9, 2021. Miranda recorded a special good luck video for students at Revere High School ahead of the school's production, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.

Lin-Manuel Miranda surprises Revere High students ahead of ‘In the Heights’ performance

“Hey, Revere, good morning,” Miranda said after singing lines from the musical’s opening song in a video presented to the students. “Break a leg ... Congratulations. Remember to be a community every second you’re on that stage. Mwah!”

Boston Marathon

Participants take off from the start line in Hopkinton for the 2022 Boston Marathon.

Your guide to the 2023 Boston Marathon

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Spencer (left) and Penny recently died eight days apart, both from cancer. The two golden retrievers were fixtures along the Boston Marathon route for several years.

More than 100 golden retrievers to cross Boston Marathon finish line the day before the race

As an Allston resident, Erika Kemp can train on the Boston course — or at the Chestnut Hill reservoir (above).

For Erika Kemp, running the Boston Marathon is about representation as much as competition

Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir (left) and Evans Chebet won in 2022.

This year’s Boston Marathon has one of the most impressive pro fields in the event’s history. See who’s racing.

Opinion

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz, center, holds hands with Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Rebecca Dallet, left, ,and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, right, at a watch party in Milwaukee, Wis., on April 4. Protasiewicz, 60, defeated former Justice Dan Kelly, who previously worked for Republicans and had support from the state’s leading anti-abortion groups.

The end of the Republican Party

Flailing against public opinion on major issues, the GOP is out of step and running out of time.

Do we really honor the idea of free speech?

Jennifer Finney Boylan

My Twitter account got hacked; now I’m a Turkish rock band

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

After Roe, the right to travel could be the next to fall

LA’s sonic assault on people experiencing homelessness is disgraceful. But how should the subway sound?

The Emancipator

Move over cancel culture: Gen Z is seeking its due process

A New York firm hopes a lawsuit will bring lasting change to a hostile work environment at Dos Toros, a popular Mexican-style food chain allegedly engaging in unchecked bigotry and casual use of the N-word.

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Special reports

photo illustration of David Sabatini. photo by Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff

Spotlight Report: Fate and the fallen star

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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

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celtics notebook

Brad Stevens says Jaylen Brown deserves All-NBA recognition this season
If the Celtics forward is so honored, he will be eligible for a super-max extension worth about $290 million over five years.

As population ages, new efforts to boost long-term care insurance are surfacing
Attempts to offset surging long-term care costs — which can range from $20,000 a year for in-home care to more than $100,000 for a high-end dementia care center — have been stalled for decades.

Popular SIG Sauer handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say

The New Hampshire-based gun manufacturer’s P320 pistol is one of the nation’s most popular handguns, with hundreds of thousands sold since 2014. Though SIG Sauer has faced claims that the P320 malfunctions since at least 2017, the company denied that the gun is capable of firing without a trigger pull.

ART REVIEW

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez pair ceramics with themes of identity
Their show "Love You to Death" is at Lucy Lacoste Gallery through April 29.

FBI warns travelers of malware threat at free charging stations at airports, hotels and malls
The FBI is warning the public against using free charging stations to power up phones at airports, hotels, and malls, citing malware that nefarious actors can secretly implant in innocent travelers’ devices.

Billionaire alumnus Ken Griffin donates $300 million to Harvard

Billionaire alumnus Ken Griffin donated a $300 million unrestricted gift to Harvard University, which will rename its Graduate School of Arts and Science to honor the Citadel hedge fund CEO’s lifetime donations, the university announced Tuesday.

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New MBTA general manager Phillip Eng waited to board a train to commute from Park Street Station to Boylston Station, on the way to the Massachusetts Transportation Building, on his first day.

As Phillip Eng takes over as MBTA general manager, his focus: ‘regain that trust’

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Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill perform at Roadrunner Sunday night.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Protesters gathered on the steps of the Idaho Capitol after the US Supreme Court's overturned Roe v. Wade last June. Last week Idaho's governor signed a bill making it illegal to provide help to minors seeking abortion without parental consent.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

After Roe, the right to travel could be the next to fall

Jennifer Finney Boylan

My Twitter account got hacked; now I’m a Turkish rock band

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LA’s sonic assault on people experiencing homelessness is disgraceful. But how should the subway sound?

Packages of misoprostol and mifepristone, also known as RU-486, at a Planned Parenthood center in Fort Myers, Fla.

Lisa Kearns and Arthur L. Caplan

How to retain access to abortion pills, thanks to the right wing

Bessie Stringfield in the 1950s.

IDEAS | NATE TINNER-WILLIAMS

Bessie Stringfield, the Black biker queen whose journey is still unfolding

IDEAS | EVAN SELINGER

The totally normal but not entirely rational fear of being duped

Metro

Lin-Manuel Miranda surprises Revere High students ahead of ‘In the Heights’ performance

“Hey, Revere, good morning,” Miranda said after singing lines from the musical’s opening song in a video presented to the students. “Break a leg ... Congratulations. Remember to be a community every second you’re on that stage. Mwah!”

Marijuana legalization ‘up in the air’ as bill heads to N.H. Senate

The upper chamber has rejected past efforts, but there are some newly elected senators this time around, giving proponents a glimmer of hope.

At RISD, Teamsters strike over wages continues

Union representatives say that the Rhode Island School of Design is not offering the school’s 60 movers, custodians, and ground service staff a “living wage.” RISD says the union’s offer is not “fiscally responsible.”

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Debate emerging on Beacon Hill over bill that would limit job security for veteran teachers to preserve educator diversity

Teachers unions oppose the bill, arguing the exemptions are so broad they would jeopardize the jobs of most teachers, including those it aims to protect.

Sports

When the NCAA allowed athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, Haley (left) and Hanna Cavinder were among the first stars.

women's college basketball

The Cavinder twins, NIL stars, are not returning to Miami women’s basketball team

Haley and Hanna have 4.5 million followers on TikTok, part of their enormous footprint in the social media space.

Zion Williamson hasn't played since early January.

Pelicans’ Zion Williamson in a ‘mental battle’ to play again

“Physically, I’m fine," Williamson, who injured his right hamstring in early January, said Tuesday. “Now it’s just a matter of when I feel like Zion."

North Attleborough senior Kelly Colleran fanned 47 batters in two starts.

EMASS SOFTBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass girls’ softball: With a staggering 28-strikeout performance, North Attleborough senior Kelly Colleran headlines Players of the Week

The Boston University-bound senior dazzled in two games: 19 punchouts in a 2-1 Hockomock League Kelley-Rex 2-1 loss to top-ranked Taunton, followed by a staggering 28 strikeouts in a 5-2, 11-inning victory over Mansfield.

With Garrett Whitlock ready to go, Red Sox send Kutter Crawford to Worcester

Boston Marathon

For Erika Kemp, running the Boston Marathon is about representation as much as competition

boston marathon

Your guide to the 2023 Boston Marathon

Business

Malden company accused of deadly delay in reporting window awning problems

SunSetter delayed filing reports until weeks after it learned of the death of a 73-year man allegedly due to a defect in the company’s retractable awnings, according to a civil complaint filed by the Justice Department.

BU alum creates local organization for young Indian professionals

Neeharika Munjal's group aims to help professionals grow and diversify their network, while staying in touch with their Indian culture.

IMF says global economy may face a slowdown

Twitter company ‘no longer exists,’ is now part of Musk’s X

magazine

5 habits to build a sustainable future — without breaking the bank

Pinto Beans With Bacon and Chipotle

Recipes: Make quick meals with canned beans from your cabinet

Mixed media artwork enlivens the traditional architecture in the living room. An Anthony Fahden piece hangs above the fireplace and another by Laurent Laporta is over the slatted console by Would.

Your Home | Renovations

After a divorce, a mother of three goes all in on her own home style

What do Boston’s college students worry about today? And what gives them hope?

metro

House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano and House Ways and Means chair Aaron Michlewitz spoke to reporters in the Massachusetts State House on Aug. 1, 2022.

House’s billion-dollar tax plan echoes Healey’s ‘competitiveness’ goals through tax cuts, credits, and policy overhauls

Somerville School Committee names Rubén Carmona new superintendent

More than half of Mass. Republicans considered leaving the state in the past year, poll finds

sports

Then-governor Charlie Baker (left) and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu bow their heads as a wreath is laid at the site of the Boston Marathon bombings during the 2022 ceremony.

How the city of Boston will mark 10 years since the Marathon bombings

Brad Stevens says Jaylen Brown deserves All-NBA recognition this season

Boston University goalie Drew Commesso signs with Blackhawks; Lane Hutson returning for sophomore season

business

The WHOOP sign in Kenmore Square (top left). The Wayfair office location on Boylston Street (top center). The lobby of the DraftKings Back Bay offices (top right). DataRobot's office in downtown Boston (bottom left). Cambridge software company HubSpot at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (bottom center). A 3-D printer at the Desktop Metal headquarters in Burlington (bottom right). All of these Boston-area tech companies have conducted layoffs in the last six months.

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

Popular SIG Sauer handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say

Some Boston startups backed by Japanese giant SoftBank are floundering

politics

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 attack

Manhattan district attorney sues Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

President Biden calls family of Wall Street Journal reporter detained as spy in Russia

Nation

The boarded-up entrance to Old National Bank the day after a mass shooting there in downtown Louisville.

Police release body camera footage of officer response to Louisville shooter at bank

US-born children, too, were separated from parents at the border

Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison

World

Smoke and ash are visible during the the Shiveluch volcano's eruption on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, Tuesday.

Volcano eruption on Russia’s Kamchatka spews vast ash clouds

Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy

Polish leader heads to US to further strengthen defense ties

opinion

The living conditions of the migrants who were found in the Lisbon, Maine, home.

More questions than answers in the Maine undocumented workers’ case

How women helped broker Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

A hundred years of choking housing growth catches up with Massachusetts

lifestyle

Remove the personal photos from your home. You don't want that kind of information on display in the online listing and prospective buyers don't want to see them.

How not to stage your home: One seller left behind gun reloaders (plural!)

Lisa Ann Walter gets into South Philly’s love for her character in ‘Abbott Elementary’

My ex checked in a year after the breakup

food & dining

Pinto Beans With Bacon and Chipotle

Recipes: Make quick meals with canned beans from your cabinet

Recipe: Break up lasagna noodles to make this quick pasta with asparagus and lemon cream

Recipe: Cheddar cracker crumbs add a flavor boost to New England baked cod

travel

The best-tasting drinks to order on a plane

Trying to find the best food in Tucson is a fool’s errand. It’s all so good.

Why Medellín should be your next South American destination

Arts

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez collaborated on “I Love Country Boys” (left), and “Black Bikini." Both works made in 2023 with stoneware, underglaze, glaze, and oxide wash.

Identical twins Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez pair ceramics with themes of identity

At the ICA, a breathtaking ‘Simone Leigh’

In Concord, the art of celebrating an anniversary

Books

The book covers for “Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life” and “The Lioness of Boston.”

Two very different takes on Isabella Stewart Gardner

National Book Award finalist Alejandro Varela renders the neurotic complexity of cosmopolitan life with humor and pathos in ‘The People Who Report More Stress’

In Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Romantic Comedy,’ the perfect man (and a global pandemic) derails an otherwise smart, funny romance

Movies

Little Richard at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, September 1956. From "Little Richard: I Am Everything," a Magnolia Pictures release.

‘There wasn’t anybody like him,’ says ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ director Lisa Cortés

Owen Wilson plays a toxic public-television artist in ‘Paint’

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ plumbs the depths, and dregs, of fandom

Television

Selin Hizli and Daisy May Cooper in "Am I Being Unreasonable?"

A bond is tested in Hulu thriller ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’

Students from Boston classical musical program to be featured on ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’

Lyric Stage’s ‘Sister Act’ is less than divine

music

A Boston nonprofit offering free classical music training to students will be featured on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" on Wednesday.

Students from Boston classical musical program to be featured on ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’

A passion statement from Bikini Kill at Roadrunner

Earl Lee and Eric Lu prove names to watch with BSO

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in the world premiere of Nanine Linning's "La Mer."

Boston Ballet goes boldly in ‘Our Journey’

In these Broadway revivals, no justice for all

Eugene Mirman headlines a comedy benefit for Roslindale businesses hit hard by an accident

globe local

Firefighters at Glades Road in Scituate where multiple homes were on fire.

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

Obituaries

Michael Lerner, a Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including crime bosses, CEOs, politicians, protective fathers, and the monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” died Saturday at age 81.

Michael Lerner, ‘Elf’ and ‘Barton Fink’ actor, dies at 81

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102

Craig Breedlove, once the fastest man on earth, dies at 86