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An amateur photographer who works in a downtown Boston office captured grim photos of the moment when the bombs went off as the marathon was finishing on Monday."I went to the window and I was looking in the direction of the finish line. I saw simultaneously a runner go down, a huge explosion, and then a deafening roar," Benjamin Thorndike said. "I had my camera in my hand, and I just pushed the r...    

The wife of a jailed former justice of the peace in the Texas county where a district attorney and his wife were found dead in their home in March was arrested and booked into Kaufman County jail Wednesday.Kim Lene Williams was admitted just before 3 a.m. local time. Online jail records did not list any charges.Her husband, Eric Williams, remained an inmate at Kaufman County jail after being booke...    

From a blood-covered zipper pull to a dented blue-and-silver battery, the Boston Marathon bombing site has yielded important forensic evidence that authorities will use to profile and track suspects.New photos of the crime scene where white-suited FBI specialists are gathering evidence are testament to the power of the two bombs, which twisted a metal pressure cooker apart and sprayed debris on ro...    

For sick or injured Bahrainis, going to the hospital means risking a prison term—or even death. Describing the “militarization of hospitals,” Rula al-Saffar, president of the Bahrain Nursing Society, said patients with “head traumas, broken bones or burns” are first interrogated by police to determine if they are involved in protests against the government. Health professionals are only allowed to treat patients after police investigate and clear them for treatment. For some, the delay means death.