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BOSTON (AP) — Boston's top law enforcement official says the attacks in Belgium have added a sense of urgency to securing next month's Boston Marathon. Police Commissioner William Evans told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that he has no information suggesting a specific threat against
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BOSTON – A helicopter equipped with radiation-sensing technology will make several low passes over the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon route later this week to measure naturally occurring background radiation ahead of the 120th annual race next week. Between Tuesday and Friday, the National Nuclear Security Administration will use the chopper to
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BOSTON – On Friday, Greater Boston residents will celebrate the second annual "One Boston Day," which Mayor Marty Walsh officially designated in a proclamation on Monday, commemorating the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings and the public response spurred by the attack. "The camaraderie and spirit of togetherness
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston marked the third anniversary of the deadly 2013 marathon bombings Friday with subdued, silent remembrances. Victims' families laid wreaths at the spots where two pressure cooker bombs detonated near the Boylston Street finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260.
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BOSTON – Coming up on the third anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, portrayals of the unforgettable race day on April 15, 2013, are soon to abound. A play focusing on the victims, "Finish Line," debuted previews Thursday at the NonProfit Center in Boston. Dorchester-born Hollywood director Mark Wahlberg
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Heavily armed police swept into Brussels neighborhoods Friday in operations linked to this week's bombings as well as a suspected new plot in France, detaining three people and shooting two of them in the leg. One man was carrying a suspicious bag while accompanied by a
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says some government personnel in Brussels are unaccounted for since the deadly airport and subway attacks. State Department spokesman Mark Toner says the U.S. is still seeking to locate all its officials serving at the American missions to Belgium, the European Union and NATO,
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NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Tuesday that surveillance in Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S. must be intensified following the deadly bombings at Brussels, while rival Donald Trump suggested torturing a suspect in last year's Paris attacks would have prevented the carnage. Echoing Trump&
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