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The man alleged to have sent a letter to President Obama that tested positive for the poison ricin has been charged with threatening President Obama. The Justice Department announced the charges against Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, on Thursday.Curtis, who has worked as an Elvis impersonator, was arrested on Wednesday as a suspect in the mailing of the suspicious letters to the president and U.S. Senator...
A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon seconds after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco. "I was just like, 'I can't believe this!'" said Berti, who said he had never witnessed an explosion before. Then he thought: "I just want to get out of here and get away from all these explosions."...
An explosion at a fertilizer plant left a small Texas town in "total devastation," authorities said Thursday, describing scenes eerily reminiscent of war-zone battlefields.Officials have said as many as 15 people may have died and more than 160 others were injured in the blast, which occurred just before 8 p.m. (9 p.m. ET) Wednesday in the farming town of West a few miles north of Waco."The area a...
A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman was sentenced to 22 to 40 years in prison Thursday for shooting her 17-year-old grandson to death last year.Sandra Layne, of West Bloomfield Township, Mich., was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the death of Jonathan Hoffman, who was shot six times, including twice in the back.Jurors rejected her claim of self-defense.Sentencing guidelines called for...
