U.K. prime minister visits Boston Marathon memorial
British Prime Minister David Cameron paid his respects to the Boston Marathon bombing victims Tuesday morning, visting a makeshift memorial on Copley Square.
Marathon bombing suspects planned 4th of July attack
The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings had originally planned to set off their explosives on July 4th, a law enforcement official said.
Bloomberg worried about successor’s stance on public safety
Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed concern today about “some” candidates pushing for “politically driven” laws that could compromise public safety.
FBI takes DNA samples from marathon bombing suspect’s widow
Investigators removed bags of evidence including DNA samples from the home where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s widow has been living.
Canada train plot suspect traveled to Iran: U.S. officials
Investigators believe one of two suspects charged in Canada with plotting to blow up a railroad track carrying passenger trains traveled to Iran within the past two years, U.S. law enforcement and national security officials said on Thursday.
Authorities investigate Tsarnaev’s prior trip to Times Square
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators he and his brother planned to detonate bombs in Times Square.
Analysis: Alienation draws some vulnerable immigrants to jihad
The headlines in North America in the past week echo an issue that authorities have been grappling with for more than a decade: why do a tiny minority of men in immigrant communities in the West appear to be drawn to Islamist violence.
Human shield formed in Medford to thwart Westboro Baptist Church funeral protest
About 500 people turned out at the funeral of Boston Marathon bomb victim Krystle Campbell in Medford today to thwart a possible protest by members of the radical and controversial Westboro Baptist Church.
Boston bombing brothers may have been en route to New York
The Tsarnaev brothers, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, reportedly told the man whose car they hijacked that they were on the way to New York.
Feds want to question Marathon bombing suspect’s wife
A lawyer representing the wife of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev said federal investigators want to question the woman.