boston marathon

A charity created to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings is winding down operations. One Fund Boston said in a statement Tuesday that it will not accept any more donations after Dec. 15. The organization's president, Jim Gallagher, said he hopes the city never again has a need for a fund of that nature...

A college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded guilty to impeding the investigation into the deadly attack. Twenty-year-old Dias Kadyrbayev is accused of removing a backpack containing emptied-out fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room after realizing he was suspected of carrying out the 2013 attack with his brother, Tamerlan...

A man accused of a bomb hoax near the Boston Marathon finish line on the anniversary of the 2013 bombing anniversary has been found mentally competent to stand trial. Kevin Edson of Wakefield, Massachusetts, broke into tears at his Boston Municipal Court hearing Wednesday...

This past Monday was Patriot's Day here in Massachusetts, a unique holiday celebrated in many different ways. The city of Boston celebrates the day with two iconic sporting events: an 11:00 a.m. Red Sox game and the annual running of the Boston Marathon...

Mike Cabral of the Greater New Beford Track Club says he had no doubts about competing in this year's Boston Marathon. Cabral was less than a mile away from the finish line in 2013 when the bombs went off on Boylston Street. Authorities stopped the runners and Cabral did not finish...

This year's Boston Marathon is the final farewell for two of the most recognizable faces in the race _ father and son team Dick and Rick Hoyt. Rick has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, and dad Dick has pushed his son across the finish line 30 times before...

American Meb Keflezighi has won the Boston Marathon, a year after a bombing at the finish line left three dead and more than 260 people injured. Keflezighi is a former New York City Marathon champion and Olympic medalist. He ran the 26...

This is our New Bedford group at the Boston Marathon. WBSM's Greg Desrosiers accompanied the Greater New Bedford Track Club to Boston today for the 118th running of the marathon. They left at 5 a.m. to get to the check-in point in Hopkinton.

A founder of the Greater New Bedford Track Club and a veteran runner hopes for a festive mood Monday at the Boston Marathon. But Dr. Larry Finnerty of New Bedford fears the Marathon will likely never be the same, after last year's terrorist bombings that killed three people and injured 260...

Imagine being near the finish line of last year's Boston Marathon when you realize something has gone terribly wrong, you are responsible for getting more than 20 people home to New Bedford and you don't know where they are.