Russia contacted US twice about Boston bomber
Two U.S. officials briefed on the Boston marathon investigation say the Russian government contacted the FBI and the CIA separately in 2011 with ...
Officials: US wars against Muslims fueled suspects
U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in last week's attack on the Boston Marathon has told investigators he and his brother were angry about U.S.
Officials: Boston bombing suspects had 1 gun
Two U.S. officials say investigators in the Boston bombings have recovered only one handgun believed to have been used in a gun battle with police.

Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?
It's a vexing puzzle about the Boston Marathon bombings: The younger of the two accused brothers hardly seemed headed for a monumental act of violence

Lawmakers ask if intel blocked before Boston bombs
Lawmakers are again asking whether a failure to share intelligence contributed to a deadly attack on U.S. soil, after senior officials briefed them ...

Funerals held for young bomb victim, slain officer
Funerals were held Tuesday for the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing and the college police officer authorities say was shot by the ...

Uphill battle for defense of marathon bomb suspect
There are photos of the suspect at the bomb scene, video footage of him dropping a knapsack at the site of one of the blasts, and perhaps most ...

Man describes finding marathon suspect in boat
The Massachusetts man who found the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect hiding in his boat was glad to be able to help and feels lucky to be ...

As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had ...
Captioner sorry for calling Deschanel bomb suspect
A TV captioning service has apologized for misidentifying "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel (ZOH'-ee deh-shuh-NEHL') as one of the Boston Marathon ...

Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical
In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the ...

A talented artist and now, bombing suspect's wife
Katherine Russell was a talented artist, a good student who grew up Christian, the daughter of a suburban doctor. Then she went off to college in ...
Big week for news with Boston Marathon bombs story
The deadly Boston Marathon bombings and the massive manhunt for two suspects helped television news, with Fox News Channel leading all cable networks ...

Woman injured in marathon blast faces challenges
As this shocked city observed a moment of silence, Heather Abbott was following through on a difficult decision — allowing doctors to amputate her ...

Chinese victim of Marathon blasts remembered
Lu Lingzi was passionate about the piano, a daughter who always made her father laugh and a standout statistics student. She was killed by the Boston ...

Boston bomb suspect charged; religious motive seen
The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any ...
Officials: Boston suspects motived by religion
Two U.S. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were motivated by their ...
More than 40 million watch end of manhunt
Nearly 42 million people watched the last hour of Friday's manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect on television. That was the Nielsen ...
Officials: Dead Boston suspect's name in database
The name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect was included in a federal government travel-screening database in 2011 after the FBI investigated ...

Supporters: Don't link immigration bill to Boston
Democratic supporters of a new immigration bill accused opponents Monday of trying to "exploit" the Boston Marathon bombings to hold up the ...

Mourners say final goodbyes to marathon victim
The church was already packed, so Saint Joseph School sixth-grader Michael Sanchez stood outside Krystle Campbell's funeral with his aunt and hundreds ...

Doctors: All Boston bomb patients likely to live
In a glimmer of good news after last week's tragedy, all of the more than 180 people injured in the Boston Marathon blasts who made it to a hospital ...