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Canadian, US Authorities Thwart Alleged Terror Plot

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Canadian and United States authorities say they have thwarted a major terror attack plot that involved a passenger train. Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the attack planned...

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Officials: Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Federal Database Since 2011

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect was included in a federal government travel-screening database in 2011 after the FBI investigated the man at Russia’s...

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More Details Sought On Mute Boston Bomb Suspect

BOSTON (AP) — The 19-year-old charged with the Boston Marathon bombing, his throat injured by a gunshot wound, wrote down answers to the questions of investigators about his motives and connections to...

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Boston Bombing Could Prompt US, Russia Cooperation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused...

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Falk: Boston Marathon Victims ‘Have To Die’ Because Of American-Israeli...

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) - An expert with the United Nations’ Human Rights council said that Bostonians who were injured or killed in the Boston Marathon bombing were deserving of their collective fate....

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Officials: Marathon Bombs Triggered By Remote

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the Boston Marathon explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 260 were triggered by a remote-controlled detonator. Two officials on Wednesday said the...

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Boston Bomb Investigation Extends To Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — New information emerged Wednesday from U.S. officials that the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a U.S. government terrorist database long before...

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Bomb Suspect Read Rights After 16 Hour Interrogation; Goes Silent

BOSTON (CBSDC/AP) — Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he’d just been read his constitutional rights. Dzhokhar...

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Sequester Cuts To Force Marathon Bombing Suspect’s Lawyers To Take 3 Unpaid...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawyers defending Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are dealing with federal budget cuts that will force them to take three unpaid weeks off even as they prepare...

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Police: Boston Bombing Suspects Planned to Attack New York

NEW YORK — The Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square before they were intercepted by police in a blazing gunbattle, officials said...

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Boston Bomb Suspect Out Of Hospital, In Federal Medical Center

BOSTON (CBSDC/AP) — Surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central...

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Celtics Ready For Emotional Return Home

BOSTON (CBS) – It’s been 16 days since the Boston Celtics played a game in front of their home crowd, and the city of Boston will never be the same. Tragedy hit Boston on Marathon Monday, followed by a...

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D.C. Flies Boston’s Flag Over City Hall

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is adopting Boston’s city flag this weekend as a symbol of solidarity. Mayor Vincent Gray announced Friday that Boston’s flag will be flying over the city’s Wilson...

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Mother Of Bomb Suspects Insists Sons Are Innocent

BOSTON (AP) — The angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she’s no terrorist. But Zubeidat Tsarnaeva is drawing increased attention...

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FBI Visits Home Of Wife Of Dead Bombing Suspect

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s (TAM’-ehr-luhn tsahr-NEYE’-ehvz) in-laws and...

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Boston Police Commissioner to Testify on Capitol Hill on Marathon Bombings

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — A House committee will hold a hearing next week on the bombing at the Boston Marathon that killed three and wounded more than 200 others. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis is...

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Police, Politicians Nationwide Push Surveillance Post-Boston

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police and politicians across the U.S. are pointing to the example of surveillance video that was used to help identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects as a reason to get more...

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GOP Senator Wants Obama to Explain Visa Mishap in Boston Bomb Case

WASHINGTON — A top Republican senator asked the Obama administration Thursday to explain how a student from Kazakhstan charged with trying to help get rid of evidence for one of the Boston Marathon...

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Homeland Security Orders Border Agents to Verify All Int’l Student Visas...

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department ordered its border agents “effective immediately” to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to...

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Boston Bomb Suspect Died Of Gunshots, Blunt Trauma

BOSTON (AP) — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, his death certificate says. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has...

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Search Don For Burial Spot For Bomb Suspect

BOSTON (AP) — Despite more than 100 offers, a Massachusetts funeral director is striking out in his search for a burial location for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a...

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Vt. Man Offers Grave For Deceased Boston Bomber

HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A retired Vermont teacher has offered a spot in his family’s Connecticut cemetery plot to the family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died last month following a shootout...

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Police: Dead Boston Bombing Suspect Buried

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was secretly buried in an undisclosed location outside Worcester after a frustrating weeklong search for a community willing to take the...

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Boston Bomber’s Widow To Cooperate

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A new criminal defense lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate with investigators but says he plans...

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Chefs Cook, Raise Money For Boston Bombing Victims

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks from concession stands in a project...

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Man Killed in FBI Shooting Has Ties to Boston Marathon Bombing

ORLANDO, Fla. (CBSDC/AP) — The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. The shooting incident early...

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Pair Running 450 Miles from Pentagon to Boston for Bombing Victims

ARLINGTON, Va. (CBSDC) — A pair of ultra runners are making their way from Arlington to Boston on foot to raise money for the families of the marathon bombing victims. Frank Fumich and Matt Nelson...

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Boston Marathon Victim, Md. Native to Return Home

COLUMBIA, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — The mother of two Boston Marathon bombing victims did not participate in a Columbia, Maryland race meant to raise money for her family this morning. Instead, Carol Downing is...

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Reddit Bans Subreddit ‘Find Navy Yard Shooters’

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A subreddit dedicated to identifying the gunman in the Washington Navy Yard shooting was banned by the site shortly after it was created  Monday. The subreddit “Find Navy Yard...

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Video: 2013 in 6 Minutes 18 Seconds

LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — Condensing 365 days into six minutes and eighteen seconds is a daunting task. Yet, that’s exactly the feat accomplished by Jean-Louis Nguyen. Nguyen posted a video on YouTube...

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Feds Seek Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced they will seek the death penalty against 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing, instantly raising the stakes in what could be...

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Lawyers For Boston Marathon Suspect Due In Court

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be in court this week for the first time since U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized...

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American Wins Boston Marathon For 1st Time In Decades

BOSTON — American Meb Keflezighi has won the Boston Marathon, a year after a bombing at the finish line left three dead and more than 260 people injured. Keflezighi is a former New York City Marathon...

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Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Wants Trial Moved to D.C.

BOSTON — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge on Tuesday to allow them to bolster their request to move his trial outside of Massachusetts. In a written motion,...

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Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Delayed, Won’t be Moved to D.C.

BOSTON — A judge granted a two-month trial delay on Wednesday for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but denied a defense request to move his trial from Boston. Judge George O’Toole...

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No Plea Deal Likely In Boston Marathon Bombing Case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The focus of the Boston Marathon bombing trial figures to be as much on what punishment Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could face as on his responsibility for the attack. With testimony expected...

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Prince George’s County Exec. Running in Boston Marathon

LARGO, Md. (WNEW) — One of the top local leaders in the area is traveling 400 miles up I-95 to run 26.2 miles in Monday’s Boston Marathon. For Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, this is a...

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Md. Athlete Wins Boston Marathon Women’s Wheelchair Race

BOSTON, Mass. (WNEW/AP) – Maryland native Tatyana McFadden has won her third straight women’s wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon. McFadden rolled down Boylston Street on Monday to finish in an...

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Prince George’s County Exec., Police Officials Run in Boston Marathon

WASHINGTON — Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker completed the Boston Marathon Monday — and reached his goal. Prince George’s County Police Sgt. Terrance Nelson and Cpl. Tony Grimes also ran...

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Biden to Attend Funeral of Officer Killed by Bombing Suspects

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing....

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