Dan Glaun

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun |Alexa Coultoff

Downtown Boston buzzed with anticipation Sunday morning as athletes, tourists, fans and residents prepared for the 129th running of the Boston Marathon, which is expected to draw 30,000 runners and hundreds of thousands of spectators to the historic 26.2 mile route from Hopkinton to Boylston Street. Frank Bright, an 82-year-old retired lawyer and chemical engineer from Louisiana, ambled down Boylston Street wearing in his 2009 marathon jacket.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

Police officers and firefighters are continuing to search for a four-year-old boy who disappeared into the waters of the Merrimack River Saturday evening. Around 5:44 p.m., the Lowell police and fire departments responded to the riverbank for a report that a boy had gone underwater in the Western Canal behind the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Tsongas Center.

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

The Boston Police Department is spending millions of dollars as part of a plan to equip all of its patrol officers with Tasers — a shift in policy and priorities for a department that rarely deployed the stun guns before. The department will spend $8.5 million to buy 1,500 Tasers over the next five years, according to a contract with manufacturer Axon. Until now, it had 70 Tasers, exclusively assigned to special operations units.

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun

A federal court has thrown out a Boston judge’s contempt finding against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who detained a defendant in the middle of a criminal trial. The ruling, which went unopposed by attorneys representing the state Trial Court, closes a chapter in a public clash between federal and local authorities that saw Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden accuse ICE of harming public safety and US Attorney Leah Foley threaten Hayden with federal prosecution.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Dan Glaun |Jason Laughlin

When Nicole Micheroni got an email from the Department of Homeland Security Friday morning, she was not surprised. Micheroni, a Newton-based immigration lawyer, was used to dealing with federal authorities. But when she opened the email, it appeared to be directed to her personally. “It is time for you to leave the United States,” the email said. Micheroni, who was born in Massachusetts, was confused. The message, titled “Notification of Termination of Parole,” included no client name or case number.