The suspects were identified to The Associated Press as coming from Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency from separatist wars. A law enforcement intelligence bulletin obtained by the AP identified the surviving bomb suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old who had been living in Cambridge.
With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday after he and his accomplice brother robbed a 7-Eleven, shot a police officer to death, carjacked an SUV and hurled explosives in an extraordinary firefight with law enforcement
The FBI today released photos and video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon terror bombings case, appealing to the public to help law enforcement officials in hopes of apprehending them.
The U.S. Senate defeated a vital background check amendment to the gun control bill, prompting an angry response by one survivor of the Tuscon shooting 2 years ago. The vote was 54-46 with supporters of the bill falling six vote short of the required 60-vote threshold.
