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Had the Boston explosions happened a few years ago, the buzz would soon be about the color orange. As in “Code Orange” — the government’s way of indicating a high risk of terrorist attacks under the oft-maligned color-coded Department of Homeland Security terror alert system.Today, the color chart is history, replaced in 2011 by the National Terrorism Advisory System.So what should travelers know ...
An independent task force issued a damning review of Bush-era interrogation practices on Tuesday, saying the highest U.S. officials bore ultimate responsibility for the "indisputable" use of torture, and it urged President Barack Obama to close the Guantanamo detention camp by the end of 2014. In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. treatment of terrorism suspects, the panel concluded th...
A small cadre of military members and veterans will run Tuesday night en masse four miles down the Charles River in Boston to honor Monday’s fallen and to send a message: “Keep moving forward,” say the organizers, a veteran’s group called Team Red, White & Blue.That event — and similar four-mile runs planned for veterans and active-duty members in New York, Houston and Los Angeles — are meant ...
A second victim of Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon was identified Tuesday as Krystle Campbell of Medford, Mass., NBC News has confirmed.Campbell's father, William Campbell, told NBC News early Tuesday afternoon that his daughter, who was 29, died as a result of the explosions Monday afternoon.Campbell is the second of the three victims of the bombings whose identities have been confirmed....
A second victim of Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon was identified Tuesday as Krystle Campbell of Medford, Mass., NBC News has confirmed.Campbell's father, William Campbell, told NBC News early Tuesday afternoon that his daughter, who was 29, died as a result of the Monday afternoon explosions.Campbell is the second of three victims whose identities have been confirmed. Martin Richard, 8, ...
Two brothers who went to the Boston Marathon to cheer on a friend each lost a leg in Monday’s bombing, their family said, asking the public for prayers.Paul Norden, 31, and his brother, J.P., 33, were being treated at separate hospitals on Tuesday, their worried relatives rallying around them.“J.P. is alert, knows what’s going on,” their mother, Liz Norden of Wakefield, Mass., told NBC News via te...
Republicans in Congress have renewed their decades-old attack on the 40-hour workweek. Once again, they are pushing so-called “comp time” legislation that would allow employers to stop giving workers any extra pay for overtime work.
The trial of Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell has entered its fifth week, and details of the disturbing, graphic testimony about conditions and alleged atrocities at his clinic are reaching the public and garnering more and more attention. With many more weeks of testimony likely before jurors decide whether Gosnell is guilty of first-degree murder for allegedly delivering viable new...
A retired football player carried a wounded woman from the Boston Marathon finish line. A father who lost both his sons, one in Iraq and one by suicide, rushed to aid the fallen. A veteran turned the shirt off his back into a bandage. A surgeon from Kansas finished the race and then started removing shrapnel from other runners.Besides the first responders, who are trained to help, there were count...
Investigators believe the bombs at the Boston Marathon were shrapnel-studded pressure cookers, hidden in backpacks and set off by timers, law enforcement officials told NBC News on Tuesday.The disclosure came as authorities pleaded with spectators from the race to send photos and video that may shed light on who set off the blasts, killing three people and injuring at least 176.The top FBI officia...
