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  ❤️  Donate Friday, April 17, 2026 ☁️ Mostly cloudy, with patchy fog, a chance of rain and a high near 63. Good Morning Boston, It's a  daffodil -filled Friday. The  Boston Marathon Expo  and  City Hall Plaza Fan Fest  open today, kicking off race weekend. The  BAA 5K  will also loop through Back Bay on Saturday, while  26.True marathon and half marathon  runners take to the streets of Roxbury, Dorchester and Back Bay. Planet Fitness is also  offering free entrance today through Sunday  at local gyms in honor of the marathon. But before you pick up your bib or put on your " super shoes ," let's get to the news: H to the O-V:   There's a new way to get to Boston's Logan Airport — just in time for April school vacation week in Massachusetts. Uber and Lyft are now running regular shuttles between the airport and neighboring communities, as part of the two companies'  compromise deal with Massport last year  to...

  ADVERTISEMENT New from  CommonWealth Beacon MATERNITY:  Merrimack Health’s Methuen campus will  shutter  its maternity unit in August, the 12th closure of maternity services in Massachusetts since 2010. Hallie Claflin looks at the bigger picture.  INSTAGRAM:  The Supreme Judicial Court  ruled  that Instagram owner Meta is not immune from a state lawsuit alleging it has addictive features that exploited young users. Chris Lisinski reports on the opinion’s national significance.  BALLOT QUESTIONS:  Lawmakers are  offering  mixed messages about a ballot question that would cut the income tax, at once slamming the campaign as “insulting” and also urging organizers to come to the table for negotiations. Chris Lisinski has more.  OPINION:  Education consultant Laurie Gagnon  argues  that policymakers should not view debate about graduation requirements as a “binary choice between state standa...