Cemeteries Refuse to Bury Body of Boston Bombing Suspect
Photo by Glenn DePriest/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Cemeteries across the Northeast are refusing to bury the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev as his official cause of the death was released.Authorities determined Tsarnaev died of g…
Three Suspects Charged in Connection with Boston Marathon Bombing
Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Three more people have been taken into custody in connection with the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon, two charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and one with lying to inves…
Three Suspects Charged in Connection with Boston Marathon Bombing
Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Three more people have been taken into custody in connection with the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon, two charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and one with lying to inves…
Three Suspects Charged in Connection with Boston Marathon Bombing
Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Three more people have been taken into custody in connection with the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon, two charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and one with lying to inves…
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Was ‘Very American,’ Neighbor Says
Robin Young, Here & Now(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — The narrow street that is home to the Tsarnaev family looks like many others in the city just across the river from Boston, but neighbors were still reeling from the news that members of the family who l…
Boston Author Dennis Lehane Praises Response to Marathon Bombings
ABC(NEW YORK) — Speaking Sunday morning on This Week, author and Boston native Dennis Lehane praised the response to the Boston Marathon bombings, calling it as one of the greatest “acts of heroism” he has ever seen.“I’ve be…
Boston Mayor Hopes Feds ‘Throw the Book’ at Boston Bombing Suspect
Robin Young, Here & Now(BOSTON) — With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lying under heavy guard at a Massachusetts hospital awaiting charges, Boston’s mayor said he hopes federal authorities “throw the book at him,” which would include the possibility of executi…
Mother of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects: ‘My Family Is in the Dirt’
Obtained by ABC News(Makhachkala, Dagestan) — The mother of the Boston bombing suspects said in a tearful phone call with ABC News on Saturday evening that she and her husband plan to travel to the United States to visit their younger son, who was arr…
‘Cowards’ Billboard Lights Up Boston Skyline in Wake of Blasts
Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Less than 10 miles from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, where three people were killed and more than 170 injured in dual blasts on Monday, lies a billboard with a one-word message: &ldquo…
Boston Marathon Photo Helps Son Find Two Injured Parents
Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Richard Whalley, a 25-year-old CEO of a company that makes medical devices for diabetics, got a frantic phone call from his older brother right after the Boston Marathon bombings. He h…
For Muslim Americans, Boston Bombings Bring Added Anxiety
Kate Fry(BOSTON) — On Monday afternoon, as word spread that two bombs had been detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Imam Ibrahim Rahim found himself alone at Yusuf Mosque on Boston’s Chesnut Hill Avenue.First he offered a prayer for th…
Four Dead After Bombing at Pakistani Court Complex
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ISLAMABAD) — Four people were killed and 27 others were injured after a pair of suicide bombers tried to enter a courtroom in northern Pakistan on Monday, a senior police official said.One of the attackers blew himself up at the…
World Trade Center Bombing Remembered 20 Years Later
James Hardy/PhotoAlto Agency RF Collections/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which was overshadowed eight years later by the 9/11 attacks.Six people died and about 1,000 were injured a…
International Manhunt Launched for Bomber’s Mystery Accomplice
Interpol(WASHINGTON) — An international manhunt is on to identify, capture and question a man suspected of being an accomplice in a deadly suicide bombing that targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in July.Bulgarian police released three images of the…
Report: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Accused in Israeli Embassy Bombing
File photo. ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW DELHI, India) — Five members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard tried to kill an Israeli diplomat with a magnetic bomb this February, according to a police report cited by the Times of India, an Indian n…
Syrian President’s Brother-in-Law, Defense Minister Die in Bombing
AFP/Getty Images(DAMASCUS, Syria) — A bombing at Syria’s national security building has killed the country’s defense minister and the Syrian president’s brother-in-law, and wounded other senior officials, Syrian state-run TV said.Defense Minister Dawo…
Norway Shooter Anders Breivik Gets the Stage at Trial’s Close
ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images(OSLO, Norway) — After closing arguments today, a Norwegian court will determine the fate of Anders Breivik, the right wing extremist who confessed to killing 77 people — most of them teenagers — in a rampage in Norway l…
US Consulate in Libya Bombed by Militant Group
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TRIPOLI, Libya) — In the first attack on a Western mission since the ouster and death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi last fall, an American diplomatic mission in eastern Libya was bombed Wednesday by a militant group claiming the assau…
Would-Be Capitol Bomber Waives Right to Detention Hearing
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Amine El Khalifi, the 29-year-old Moroccan man charged last Friday in an FBI sting in a plot to bomb the Capitol made a brief court appearance Wednesday afternoon and waived his right to a detention hearing. The co…
Najibullah Zazi’s Father Sentenced for Role in Attempted NYC Bombing
Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The father of an admitted terrorist was sentenced Friday for his role in an alleged plot to blow up the New York City subway.Mohammed Zazi was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for obstructing authori…