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Sean Collier

A mural by students from the Community Arts Center in Cambridge celebrates their city and pays tribute to slain MIT police officer Sean Collier, killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013.

Cambridge is coming to terms with its close connection to the Boston Marathon suspects

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Cambridge, Massachusetts is home to Harvard and MIT, and just across the river from Boston. It was also home to the men alleged to be behind the marathon bombings. Residents are still trying to grapple with what happened and whether the bombings could have been prevented.

A woman is comforted by a man near a triage tent set up for the Boston Marathon after the April 2013 bombings

Here’s a quick guide to handling the emotions that may come up with the Boston Marathon anniversary

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A woman is comforted by a man near a triage tent set up for the Boston Marathon after the April 2013 bombings

Here’s a quick guide to handling the emotions that may come up with the Boston Marathon anniversary

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Was alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev mentally ill?

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How the Carjack Victim Survived 90-Harrowing Minutes with the Tsarnaev Brothers

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A City in Lockdown

Boston has been on lockdown all day Friday, as police and investigators hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. His brother Tamerlan Tsnarnaev, known as “the black hat suspect,” was killed overnight in Watertown. Late yesterday, the two brothers killed an MIT university police officer named Sean Collier before carjacking […]

The Scene from MIT — and Listener Messages for Boston

Along with most of Boston, the MIT campus is on lockdown this morning after the death of campus police officer Sean Collier in a shootout with the Boston bombing suspects last night. Fotini Christia is an associate professor of political science at MIT. Ryan Borker is a student at MIT who ran the the Boston […]