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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Boston Marathon offers new start for Evanston runners shocked by last year’s bombings

April 20, 2014

As he walked around Boston on Sunday afternoon, Evanston resident John Kayser said there was a special “vibrancy” in the air the day before the first Boston Marathon since deadly bombs went off at...

 McCormick junior Kyle Taylor runs Sunday in the 36th annual Chicago Marathon. Taylor completed his first marathon in just more than five hours.

Evanston, Northwestern runners take part in first Chicago Marathon since Boston bombing

October 14, 2013

Nearly 40,000 people completed the 36th Chicago Marathon on Sunday, the first running of the annual race since the April bombing at the Boston Marathon. More than 300 Evanston residents registered...

People pray during an interfaith candlelight service at the Paulist Center Boston on Tuesday. The city is in mourning today for three killed and at least 144 wounded in the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

In Boston Marathon aftermath, community attempts to provide support

April 16, 2013

Kielo Sauvala said she had “a good race all the way” until she was about 120 meters away from the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. “I heard people screaming, but I kept running,”...

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