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More than four years after a Prince George's County teen died after getting hit on her walk to school, her family was awarded tens of millions of dollars in a wrongful death suit, but the legal battle could be far from over.The morning of Sept. 1, 2009, a Lincoln Continental hit 13-year-old Ashley Davis as she crossed Brinkley Road to get to her school bus stop. Some of her classmates watched in h...
This is story is part of NBC News’ series “Immigration Nation,” an in-depth examination of immigration in AmericaImmigrants seeking U.S. citizenship often run substantial risks for their chance at a new life, but none have more on the line than asylum seekers.Parveneh Vahidmanesh, an Iranian student who was visiting the United States when controversial elections in her homeland triggered demonstra...
Cops called the twin bombs “IEDs” and a Boston ER doctor said the wounds included “traumatic amputations” normally seen on Iraq battlefields, but now another combat comparison has emerged: Some civilian survivors of the terror attack will suffer PTSD as a result of Monday’s carnage.A number of the bystanders, runners and public-safety personnel near the blasts — those close enough to see, hear and...
Any major bomb investigation is an elaborate, high-tech piece of choreography by city, state and federal agencies with two goals: helping investigators figure out who built and planted the explosive device or devices and preserving evidence so that they can be brought to justice.And the forensic investigation established soon after the twin blasts at Monday’s Boston Marathon has already begun yiel...
Two days after the deadly twin blast at the Boston Marathon, investigators said they were looking at a variety of suspects and motives as they learned more about the makeup of the bombs themselves.The two bombs appeared to have each contained tiny nails, smaller than the ones used to hang pictures, “fine nails” or brads, according to one of the people assigned to the case. And the devices themselv...
Two days after the deadly twin blast at the Boston Marathon, investigators appeared no closer to finding a suspect, but were learning more about the makeup of the bombs themselves.The two bombs appeared to have each contained tiny nails, smaller than the ones used to hang pictures, “fine nails” or brads, according to one of the people assigned to the case. And the devices themselves appear to have...
BOSTON – The deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon were caused by pressure cooker bombs placed to act like a "homemade claymore," a powerful, directional anti-personnel device, sources involved in the investigation told NBC News on Tuesday.These and other sources say that the bombs appear to have included a battery pack and a circuit board, the elements they said of a sophisticated triggering m...
