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Ibragim Todashev, shown in May 4, 2013 Orange County Corrections Department booking photo after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. (AP Photo)

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon […]

2013/05/23

FBI reports man has been fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials […]

2013/05/22

Colo. teacher carries explosive device outside

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado teacher found a suspicious package inside a high school in Lafayette and took it outside, where police detonated it. A 16-year-old student was arrested after the explosive device was […]

2013/05/14

Image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to law enforcement shows the remains of a pressure cooker that the FBI says was part of one of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo)

Saudi man traveling with pressure cooker arrested in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — A Saudi man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents said he lied about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, according to a court documents filed Monday. Two […]

2013/05/13

NY state senator charged with embezzlement

NEW YORK (AP) — A once-powerful New York state senator was arrested Monday in a widening corruption scandal that has resulted in criminal charges against other lawmakers and turned some into wire-wearing informants. Sen. John […]

2013/05/06

Raid of Minn. home disrupted ‘terror attack’

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI says a potential terror attack that it believes was disrupted by a mobile home raid was in its “planning stages” and the target was believed to be in western Minnesota. […]

2013/05/06

Boston bombing suspects considered July 4 attack

BOSTON (AP) — A mortuary familiar with Muslim services will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a gunbattle with police after an intense manhunt, a funeral director said […]

2013/05/03

Official: Arrested student entered US without visa

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, […]

2013/05/01

US Department of Justice handout of evidence recovered on April 26, 2013 from a landfill in New Bedford, allegedly showing contents of backpack belonging to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, image included in criminal complaint against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayako. (AP Photo)

FBI: 3 removed backpack from Boston suspect’s room

BOSTON (AP) — Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of removing a backpack containing fireworks emptied of gunpowder from Tsarnaev’s dorm room three days after the […]

2013/05/01

Police: 3 more in custody in Boston bombings

BOSTON (AP) — Three more suspects were taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombing case, including two college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who came to the U.S. from Kazakhstan, authorities and a defense attorney said Wednesday.

2013/05/01

Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, man identified by the FBI as suspect number 1 in 2013 Boston Marathon bombings (AP Photo)

Uncle: Family to claim Boston bomb suspect’s body

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Relatives of the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said Tuesday.

2013/04/30

Federal authorities inspect and photograph the minivan driven by James Everett Dutschke near the site of a martial arts studio he once operated in Tupelo, Mississippi. (AP Photo)

Tests link deadly ricin to Obama letter suspect

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and other public officials, and was also discovered on a dust mask and other items he threw in the trash.

2013/04/30