Boston and the surrounding areas of Watertown, Newton, Belmont, Cambridge and Waltham remain on lockdown with all public transportation suspended as SWAT teams and police officers carry out a house to house search for Boston Marathon bombing susp ...
A Mississippi man identified as celebrity impersonator entertainer Paul Kevin Curtis has been arrested in connection with the ricin scare in Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice confirms 45-year-old Curtis was taken into custody Wednesday ...
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas on Wednesday night destroyed dozens of homes, businesses and other buildings within a 4 block radius of the plant. Between 5 and 15 people are believed to be dead, and authoriti ...
Federal and local authorities are denying reports a suspect in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings was arrested today. It remains unclear if authorities even have any suspects.
CNN is reporting that federal authorities have made an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombings. Citing a federal law enforcement source, CNN says the suspect was identified through two videos filmed on the day of the explosion. One video was from ...
A day after a letter addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi was confiscated for testing positive for a ricin, authorities have confirmed a letter addressed to the president was also intercepted. Both letters were discovered Tuesday at sepa ...
The third victim of Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon has been identified as a Chinese graduate student at Boston University. The Chinese Consulate in New York confirmed Tuesday a Chinese national had died, but at the request of the victim ...
President Barack Obama condemned the Boston Marathon bombings as a “cowardly act” on Tuesday at a press conference. Obama said investigators still have not determined a motive or named any suspects, but promised those responsible for the attack w ...
Two of the three people killed Monday in the bombings at Boston Marathon have been identified by family members as 29-year-old Krystle Campbell and 8-year-old Martin Richard. Krystle’s family says she attended the marathon to cheer on her boyfrie ...
Two powerful explosions rocked Boston Marathon Monday afternoon, multiple media outlets have confirmed. Just seconds apart, the explosions occurred shortly before 3 p.m. An expert told CNN the explosions were “probably planned.”
Texas stabbing spree suspect Dylan Quick has been charged with 3 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for Tuesday’s attack at the CyFair campus of Lone Star College. Authorities say Quick, a Lone Star student, confessed to having spe ...
A suspect is in custody following a stabbing rampage at a Texas community college Tuesday morning. The suspect’s name and age have not been released. Initial reports that a second attacker remained at large proved to be inaccurate. The attack hap ...
New gun legislation signed by Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Thursday is being hailed as the toughest in the nation. Malloy praised the bill’s passing, but insisted that it “does not mark the end of our efforts” in gun control. The legislation ...
Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes will face the death penalty, prosecutors said Monday in a hearing in Colorado. Holmes previously attempted to avoid the death penalty by offering to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence without ...
Newly released court documents about the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut reveal it took shooter Adam Lanza less than 5 minutes to fire 154 rounds, killing 20 children and 6 staff members before he turned a weapon ...
A fugitive on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list surrendered this week in El Salvador and is in the custody of U.S. authorities. The FBI confirms Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias turned himself in to Salvadoran authorities on Tuesday, and on Wednesday ...
An explosion Tuesday at a military ammunition storage facility in western Nevada left seven North Carolina-based Marines dead. At least eight others were wounded and are being treated at Renown Regional Medical Center. Five are in fair condition ...
A 19-year-old college student died Wednesday morning at his Conway, South Carolina university when a gunman shot him. The shooter fled the campus and remains at large. A statewide manhunt has been launched.
As South African prosecutors indicated they will upgrade the murder charge against Oscar Pistorius to premeditated murder, the Olympic sprinter broke down in tears and covered his face with his hands. Pistorius will remain in custody to await his ...
Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was arrested early this morning at his South African mansion for the shooting death of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. Authorities say Steenkamp was shot multiple times around 4 a.m. while apparently attemp ...