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Canadian security forces say they have thwarted an al-Qaeda-backed plot to blow up a rail line between Canada and the United States, and officials announced two arrests on Monday afternoon.Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers said the suspects had sought to attack a passenger train. The suspects may have scouted trains departing from New York, sources told NBC News.Canadian officials worked clos...    

Boston observed a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday – exactly one week after an annual springtime rite in the city was shattered by a pair of explosions that killed three people and injured more than 200, including some who lost legs.From the Watertown police department whose officers searched their town for a bombing suspect to the Massachusetts State House to the neighborhood where a little ...