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With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.

With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he's determined to return to duty.

The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.

Judy Ferrier already had plans to return to Boston next year, and this week she learned she'll get to run its signature marathon again.

A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings is preparing to attend a welcome home party at Rosecliff, a Newport mansion featured in the film version of "The Great Gatsby." Heather Abbott of Newport had gone to Boston on to watch the Red Sox play on April 15 and was waiting in line to get into a crowded restaurant when the ... (more)

Chris Erichsen of Minneapolis crossed the finish line Saturday in a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 42 seconds, to win the men's title.

In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line.

Sid Busch, 67, of Goose Creek, retired from a 26-year career on Navy submarines in 1991 as a senior chief petty officer and expects to run his 200th marathon in 2014.

Boston's police department and mayor's office will conduct twin reviews of the response to last month's bombing of the Boston Marathon, police commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday.

Crowds continued to gather at the makeshift memorial in Copley Square commemorating those impacted by the Boston Marathon bombings Wednesday, which marked one month since the attacks shook the city .

The former Chechen rebel who said his home was searched by the FBI in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation said in a letter Friday he has "nothing to do with the terrible act in Boston." "I would like to state that I barely knew the Tsarnaev family, and only met them for the first time after we moved to the U.S.," 35-year-old ... (more)

Woburn-based Tanner Tavern was filled to the brim with people drinking, eating and jiving to live music for a good cause last night.

A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut, and there are preliminary reports of injuries.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be indicted within the 30-day period prescribed under the Federal Speedy Trial Act but prosecutors said Friday they would ask for more time.

Eight-tracks and tapes have come and gone, but many music lovers hold a special place for vinyl.

South Africa's anti-doping body says Russia's Natalia Volgina tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Metenolone after winning the Two Oceans Marathon in March.

You know the speech we're talking about. It happened prior to the Boston Red Sox April 20 game against the Kansas City Royals , which was their first game at Fenway Park following the tragic events at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent manhunt that paralyzed the city for nearly 24 hours.

Boston Marathon organizers say runners who couldn't finish this year's race because of the explosions at the finish line can come back next year.

Wearing a white T-shirt with the words "Roseann Strong" in bright orange letters, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia made her way home Tuesday morning, after a grand send-off at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital that included a three-engine escort from the Boston Fire Department.

Boston Marathon runners who were stopped on the course when bombs went off at the finish line will have a chance to come back and run again next year, race organizers said on Thursday.