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| Tsarnaev’s condition improves; brothers reportedly motivated by U.S. wars Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:31 PM PDT Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev informed investigators that he and his brother were not directed by a foreign terrorist organization. Instead, they were "self-radicalized" and motivated to kill, in part, by U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported. The 19-year-old also acknowledged his role in the attack while being questioned by [...] Full Story | Top |
| Simple Boston Bomb Plot Hatched Without Foreign Help, Authorities Believe Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 03:39 AM PDT Older Brother's Radicalization, Internet Sermons by Anwar al-Awlaki, Reportedly Inspired Attacks Full Story | Top |
| US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 01:53 PM PDT  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. Full Story | Top |
| Photo of Boston cop’s act of kindness goes viral Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:45 AM PDT During Friday's intense manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown, Mass., when the city of Boston was on lockdown, a Brookline police officer delivered milk to a family with a baby. And like many random acts of kindness seen in the wake the marathon bombings, the photo—posted to Facebook by the family—went viral, thanks in part [...] Full Story | Top |
| How much crow can a president eat? Obama’s finding out Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:05 AM PDT  So you wake up this morning and find you're President of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Full Story | Top |
| Eighth-grader arrested over NRA shirt returns to school in same shirt Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 06:02 AM PDT The West Virginia eighth-grader who was suspended and, astonishingly, arrested last week after he refused to remove a t-shirt supporting the National Rifle Association returned to school on Monday. Full Story | Top |
| APNewsBreak: Ricin suspect released from jail Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:26 AM PDT  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge was released from jail on Tuesday, federal official said, though the reason for the release wasn't immediately clear. Full Story | Top |
| Photo: Boston marathoner’s eerie brush with terror suspects Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:25 AM PDT Runner Laura Cummins had an uneasy suspicion she'd crossed paths with the men suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon. A photo now proves it. Minutes before the first explosion, a photographer near the finish line captured Cummins midstride with terrorism suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev looking on in the background. "That picture just spooks me, [...] Full Story | Top |
| 100 years later, a time capsule is opened Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:58 AM PDT The First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City dug up and opened its Century Chest, a time capsule that was buried under the church 100 years ago. The artifacts inside the copper chest were remarkably well intact. Credit for that goes to the church's Ladies Aide Society, the group that buried the capsule a century ago. [...] Full Story | Top |
| A talented artist and now, bombing suspect's wife Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 01:34 PM PDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Katherine Russell was a talented artist, a good student who grew up Christian, the daughter of a suburban doctor. Full Story | Top |
| Israeli spy says Syria used chemical arms, U.S. unconvinced Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 04:12 PM PDT By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons - probably nerve gas - in their fight against rebels trying to force out President Bashar al-Assad, the Israeli military's top intelligence analyst said on Tuesday. The assessment met with skepticism from the United States, which has declared any use of chemical weapons in Syria's two-year-old civil war a "red line" that could trigger intervention. U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Special Report: The radicalization of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:28 AM PDT By Alissa de Carbonnel and Stephanie Simon MAKHACHKALA, Russia/CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - In America, he had been a cocky and charismatic heavyweight boxer who wore fancy pointy leather shoes and slick white shirts down to the gym. In Dagestan, the volatile southern Russian region where he lived for a time as a teen and returned to spend the first half of 2012, he became a quiet young man who spent his days online studying Islam, nursing a growing anger against heretics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam, family members said. Full Story | Top |
| The Muslim World Hates the U.S. More Than Ever Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM PDT If there was one thing the left was certain about in 2008 it was this: George W. Bush had catastrophically undermined America's world reputation with his unprovoked aggression and use of torture. The advent of Obama would reverse the damage. As Andrew Sullivan wrote in 2007, among best assets Obama brought to the "rebranding" of America was "his face." The election of Obama and his friendly approach to the Muslim world would make the United States safer as well as more just. Full Story | Top |
| Reddit's 'Find Boston Bombers' Founder Says 'It Was a Disaster' but 'Incredible' Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 06:41 AM PDT  There's no way around it: As well intentioned as Reddit's power sleuthers may have been in their desperate, amateur efforts last week to track down the Boston Marathon bombers, they failed. ... Full Story | Top |
| What next for Boston bombing suspect? Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 03:47 AM PDT  By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A decision to charge the Boston Marathon bombing suspect in a civilian rather than a military court means he will face the same legal process as other federal criminal defendants in U.S. courts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged on Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. The White House said earlier that Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| France legalizes gay marriage after harsh debate Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:52 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that has exposed deep social conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge protests in Paris from both sides of the divide. Legions of officers with water cannon braced outside the National Assembly for possible violence on an issue that galvanized the country's faltering right. Full Story | Top |
| Mayor Bloomberg: Interpretation of U.S. Constitution Will ‘Have to Change’ Following Boston Bombings Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:20 AM PDT "We have to understand that in the world going forward, we're going to have more cameras and that kind of stuff." Full Story | Top |
| House GOP report slams Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama on Benghazi Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:31 PM PDT Seven months after the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, House Republicans released a new report on Tuesday that implies then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton misled lawmakers about her role in drawing down security assets in the war-torn country. The 43-page report also accuses President Barack Obama of failing to anticipate [...] Full Story | Top |
| Eyewitness photos of shootout with Boston bombings suspects hit the Web Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:36 PM PDT Andrew Kitzenberg lives on the street where the shootout between the Boston bombings suspects and the police took place early Friday morning. As the events unfolded, he tweeted moment-by-moment updates that became must-reads. Now there are photos to go with the feed. Kitzenberg had also taken photos with his iPhone from the bedroom window on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Boston bomb suspect's wife assisting probe -lawyer Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:08 PM PDT By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Scott Malone PROVIDENCE, R.I./BOSTON (Reuters) - The wife of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect is assisting authorities and in absolute shock that her husband and brother-in-law were accused of the deadly blasts, her lawyer said on Tuesday. "She cries a lot," attorney Amato DeLuca said of Katherine Russell, 24, an American-born convert to Islam who was married to Tamerlan Tsarnaev in June 2010. "She can't go anywhere. She can't work. ... Full Story | Top |
| James Buchanan: Why is he considered America’s worst president? Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 07:00 AM PDT April 23 marks the birthday of James Buchanan, the man regarded by many historians as one of the worst—if not the worst—presidents of all time. So what did Buchanan do to earn the disrespect of so many people? Full Story | Top |
| There’s Something Sneaky Going on at Colleges Across America Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:10 AM PDT Doug Wright was a highly respected and dearly loved adjunct professor who taught humanities courses for many years at several colleges in Utah. As a so-called part-time faculty member who had the same responsibilities to students as any full-time faculty member, he was given only temporary assignments, sub-professional pay, and was not eligible for health insurance. When he was diagnosed with cancer in May 2009, he spent his life savings on treatment. Full Story | Top |
| Ancient Europeans Mysteriously Vanished 4,500 Years Ago Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:16 AM PDT  The genetic lineage of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4,500 years ago, new research suggests. Full Story | Top |
| Out of the spotlight, George W. Bush’s ‘hometown’ struggles to survive Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:12 AM PDT CRAWFORD, Texas—As President George W. Bush's adopted hometown, this used to be the most famous small city in America. Crawford, located about 25 miles west of Waco, was often the center of the world during the eight years Bush was in the White House. Bush spent nearly 500 days of his presidency here, where he [...] Full Story | Top |
| Napolitano: DHS knew of Boston bomber Russia trip Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 10:03 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that her agency knew of alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev's trip to Russia last year even though his name was misspelled on a travel document. A key lawmaker had said that the misspelling caused the FBI to miss the trip. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. rejects North Korean demand for nuclear status Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 04:44 AM PDT  By Robert Birsel and Stephanie Nebehay SEOUL/GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea insisted on Tuesday that it be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, a demand the United States promptly dismissed as "neither realistic nor acceptable". After weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula, including North Korean threats of nuclear war, the North has in recent days begun to at least talk about dialogue in response to calls for talks from both the United States and South Korea. The North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper rejected as unacceptable the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Parked around the airstrip at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them. Full Story | Top |
| Bloomberg: After Boston bombing, we need to rethink our Constitution Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 07:22 AM PDT In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the country's interpretation of the Constitution will "have to change" to allow for greater security to stave off future attacks. Full Story | Top |
| Bombing suspects’ immigration status could stall reform Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:09 AM PDT The immigration status of the Boston bombings suspects may become a stumbling block for a new bill that seeks to legalize nearly 11 million immigrants and increase the number of legal immigrants to the United States. Opponents of the bill—which was crafted by a bipartisan "Gang of Eight" in the Senate—and even some supporters, say [...] Full Story | Top |
| Los Angeles settles with women fired on in manhunt Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 06:28 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2 million settlement with a mother and daughter who were injured when police mistakenly opened fire on them while they were delivering newspapers during the manhunt for disgruntled ex-cop Christopher Dorner, officials said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| As Mexican families return home, US-educated kids struggle to adapt Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:07 AM PDT Sitting in his first-grade classroom, Iván Leonel Burruel listens intently as his teacher enunciates distinctly each word she writes on the whiteboard. He knows English grammar from his time living in the United States, but now he works hard to master his lessons in Spanish. Full Story | Top |
| Woman injured in marathon blast faces challenges Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:33 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — As this shocked city observed a moment of silence, Heather Abbott was following through on a difficult decision — allowing doctors to amputate her left foot, which was mangled in the bombings that shattered the Boston Marathon. Full Story | Top |
| A picture is worth 1,000 words: Obama’s photo-op of silence Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:46 AM PDT On Monday, the Obama White House reportedly held a moment of silence for the victims of last week's Boston terror attack. For whatever reason, however, the press was barred and the White House released this photo of the president looking at his shoes paying his respects:(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)Over at White House Dossier, Keith Koffler notes that this is another in a series of carefully crafted images released from the White House designed to craft Obama's image in the wake of the terrorist attack: Full Story | Top |
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