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Pressure cooker bombs like the ones authorities believe were used at the Boston Marathon have been used in attacks around the world for almost 40 years. Just two months ago, one exploded in a restaurant in Afghanistan, killing five people.Other attacks or plots involving a souped-up version of this ordinary piece of kitchen equipment, typically loaded with explosives and shrapnel and then detonate...
When Jeff Bauman woke up in a hospital bed on Tuesday, an air tube was down his throat, both of his legs had been amputated at the knee, and his father was by his side. He tried to talk, but he could not. He looked angry, as he motioned his arms up and out like shock waves and mouthed: “Boom! Boom!” Jeff Bauman is the man in the photograph that has become an icon of the Boston Marathon attack, the...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford must appear in court two days after running for a vacant congressional seat to answer a complaint that he trespassed at his ex-wife's home, according to court documents acquired by The Associated Press on Tuesday.The complaint says Jenny Sanford confronted Sanford leaving her Sullivan's Island home on Feb. 3 by a rear door, using his c...
A letter intended to reach Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., was intercepted at an off-site facility after testing positive for a deadly poison, FBI officials said late Tuesday.An initial test of the mail, which was caught during an off-site postal screening process in Landover, Maryland, detected the letters contained the poison ricin, according to officials. A second test conducted in a lab also came ...
The FBI is examining thousands of photos from before and after Monday's deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon to determine whether nylon bags might have been placed in trash bags to appear less conspicuous.Investigators believe the explosives used Monday were pressure cookers placed in nylon bags. The blasts killed three people and injured at least 176 others.Among the photos under review are the...
The FBI’s lead investigator into the Boston Marathon bombings on Tuesday made a passionate plea for information from the public, saying the “range of suspects and motives remains wide open” as the probe into who might be responsible for the attacks begins.“Someone knows who did this,” said Richard DesLauriers, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office. “Importantly, the person who did...
President Barack Obama will travel to Boston on Thursday to speak at an interfaith service dedicated to those injured or killed in the terrorist attack against the one of the city's most beloved events.His trip to Massachusetts comes as investigators continue to sort through evidence from the dual blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. His schedule had previously called only for unspe...
Authorities have yet to name any suspects in the pair of bombings that killed three people and injured more than 170 at the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon. But having Richard DesLauriers, special agent-in-charge of the FBI's Boston field office, at the helm means whoever is behind the attack is up against someone with decades of experience in espionage, violent crime, and other security i...
Businesses and residents in northern California are being urged by the state's power grid operator to conserve energy because of heavy damage to transformers following reports of gunshots.The California Independent System Operator asked those near San Jose, Santa Clara and Silicon Valley to reduce their energy use after the apparent vandalism of the Metcalf transmission substation. Gunshots were r...
