Man accused of lies after bombings seeks release

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - Lawyers for a teenager charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn't a flight risk...

Boston police: 3 more suspects in custody for bombings

Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - Three more suspects have been taken into custody in the marathon bombings, city police said Wednesday...

Dearborn's Muslim community reacts to Boston Marathon bombing

Jay Scott Smith

theGRIO REPORT - The city’s political and religious leaders quickly got out in front of the fear and denounced the bombings and honored those who were injured and lost their lives...

CNN's John King admits 'dark-skinned male' gaffe damaged credibility

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - CNN anchor John King became the subject of widespread criticism after he inaccurately reported that a Boston bombing suspect was in custody and that they were a 'dark-skinned male'...

Prior cases show danger of terrorism 'overreach'

Joy-Ann Reid

OPINION - The fact that we're having the debate at all could be seen as progress in itself, given that in the previous administration, cases like that of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- were often handled quite differently....

Why the race of Boston bombing suspects matters

James Braxton Peterson

OPINION - I can’t help but wonder, that if the Tsarnaev brothers were black, particularly the elder, Tamerlane, could he have eluded detection, surveillance, and suspicion for as long as he did?...

Boston bomb suspect charged; religious motive seen

David Crary and Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said after interrogating and charging surviving brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death penalty...

Is Deval Patrick America's governor?

Zerlina Maxwell

OPINION - If the bombings of the Boston Marathon and subsequent manhunt serves as the moment America saw a single leader step up and pass this crucial test of true leadership, it’s Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick...

Boston bomb suspect could face death sentence

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was charged Monday with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and could face a death sentence, the U.S. Attorney General said...

Boston marks week from Marathon bombs with silence

Michael Hill and Steve Peoples, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - Seven days after the Boston Marathon bombings, the city was bustling Monday, with runners hitting the pavement...