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If you’re hitting the road on Tuesday, expect to see even more eyes and cameras than usual watching you if you’re taking public transportation or catching a flight a day after the deadly blasts in Boston.The metropolis itself is telling travelers to be patient.“The city of Boston is open,” said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, in a news conference on Monday evening. “But it will not be business a...
Just before the bombs went off at Monday’s Boston Marathon, Jo Anne Rowland rounded the corner to the straightaway on Boylston Street. After just over four hours, the finish line was finally in sight.“And in front of me, to the left, it might’ve been 10 seconds in front of me, the explosion went off,” said Rowland, a 65-year-old runner from Concord, Calif.Some runners and spectators assumed the no...
Boston was put on high alert Monday as the FBI took over the hunt for whoever set off two powerful bombs at the finish line of the city's marathon, killing at least three people and wounding at least 140 people in a vicious blizzard of shrapnel, officials said."I am not prepared to say we are at ease at this point in time," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a briefing six hours after the...
Two deadly bomb blasts, seconds apart, turned the 117th Boston Marathon – the nation’s premier event for elite and recreational runners – into a tragedy on Monday. Here is a timeline of how the day’s events unfolded:9 a.m. ET — Race officials, competitors and onlookers observe 26 seconds of silence at the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass., west of Boston, in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook...
President Barack Obama vowed Monday evening to bring those responsible for the Boston Marathon explosions to justice, though he said that the government did not yet know who perpetrated the attack along the runners' route.Speaking at the White House following the tragedy, Obama said that he had contacted state and local officials to begin the process of investigating and assisting with the inciden...
The parents of a 15-year-old California girl who committed suicide after pictures of her being sexually assaulted were posted onlineplan to sue the three teenage boys accused of attacking her, the family's attorney said Monday.Audrie Pott of Saratoga, near San Jose, hanged herself Sept. 10, a week after she was assaulted while she was intoxicated and unconscious. The family's lawyer, Robert Allard...
With thousands of runners still on the course, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people, injuring at least 113 and turning the city’s most celebrated event into a grisly spectacle of shattered glass, blood and screams.President Barack Obama said authorities did not know who carried out the attack but vowed to render “the full weight of justice”...
An off-duty New York City police officer shot to death her 1-year-old son and her boyfriend, who is believed to be the child's father, before taking her own life in a Brooklyn home early Monday, authorities said.The officer's 19-year-old son managed to escape out a back window and find police; he was not injured.Police responded to the home on East 56th Street in the Flatbush section after rece...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka responds to the explosions in Boston:Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones in the Boston explosions, and those who are coping with the aftermath of such senseless violence. We condemn those who carried out these acts and practice such hatred.
With thousands of runners still on the course, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring at least 100 and turning the city’s most celebrated event into a grisly spectacle of shattered glass, blood and screams.President Barack Obama said authorities did not know who carried out the attack but vowed to render “the full weight of justice” a...
