BOSTON — A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a 30-count indictment against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, and many of the charges carry the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was indicted on charges including using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a place of […]
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Bethel family hosting fun run to raise money for Boston Marathon victim
BETHEL — Resident Shanta Hoff will host a children’s fun run at 9:30 a.m. May 18 on the Davis Park bike path to help raise $1,000 for the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing April 15. Two days after the bombings, Hoff said that she and her two […]
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Moving on after Boston: Local runners say they’ll race again; Local officials looking for lessons
Paula Rousseau couldn’t believe the number of people on the sidelines offering pizza, beer and licorice to runners in the Boston Marathon. She and running partner Barbie Clement laughed. They’d trained in snow all winter for this. Beer could wait. When they passed college students holding up signs that asked for kisses, they blew a […]
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Boston Marathon bombing: Police say suspects planned to attack New York
BOSTON — The Boston Marathon bombing suspects had planned to blow up their remaining explosives in New York’s Times Square, New York officials said Thursday. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators from his hospital bed that he and his older brother had decided spontaneously Thursday night to drive to New York and detonate […]
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Suspect on CIA list months before attack: Before rights read, younger brother admitted he was bomber
BOSTON — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional rights to keep quiet and seek a lawyer, officials said Wednesday. It is unclear whether those statements before the Miranda rights warning would be admissible in […]
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L.L. Bean donates $150,000 to fund for Boston marathon bombing victims
FREEPORT — L.L. Bean is donating $150,000 to the fund set up by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. CEO Chris McCormick says “our hearts go out to the victims, families and the community as a whole.” Already, $20 million in donations has poured […]
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Marathon fundraiser
Oak Hill Boston Marathon Fundraiser WALES — Wednesday, April 24th Oak Hill High School will be using its game against Lincoln Academy to raise money for the Boston Marathon Fund. Proceeds will be sent to the Boston Marathon Fund in Massachusetts. There will be a 50/50 raffle, and donations of all sizes will be accepted. […]
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‘The hunt is over!’ Police have Boston bombing suspect in custody
By Eileen Sullivan and Jay Linday, Associated Press WATERTOWN, Mass. — For just a few minutes, it seemed like the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions while legions of police went house to house looking for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber had failed. Weary officials lifted a daylong order that had […]
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Boston official: Video footage shows bomb suspect
BOSTON — In what could be major break in the Boston Marathon case, investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site of the bombings, a local politician said Wednesday. Separately, a law enforcement official confirmed that authorities have found an image […]
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Cowardly act met by courage at Boston race
Brutal. Senseless. Horrific. The adjectives come quickly in the aftermath of Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon. Three people are dead, including an eight-year-old boy. Others, including the boy’s mother and sister, sustained severe injuries. Some spectators had legs or feet blown off in the blast. If we think about it, we realize that horrible, […]