The U.S. Senate defeated a compromise plan in a vote 54-46 to expand background checks on firearms sale as well as a proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons modeled after military assault weapons.
Two New York City publications are taking harsh criticism for their coverage of the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks.
Investigators in Washington and Boston denied Wednesday that an arrest had been made in the bombing of the Boston Marathon. They had earlier said there was "substantial" progress in the case.
One Boston survivor of the bombings at the Boston Marathon described the harrowing moments near the finish line, and the second blast as 'a horrific scene."
