Interfaith Service Held At Makeshift Boylston Street Memorial

April 22, 2013
People attend an interfaith service held near a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street, near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Sunday. (Julio Cortez/AP)

BOSTON — About 100 people gathered Sunday at one of the makeshift memorials on Boylston Street for an interfaith service in honor of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.

Boston Mourns, Says Thanks And Tries To Get Back To Business

April 22, 2013
A wall of cards at the Watertown Police Department headquarters. (Martha Bebinger/WBUR)

BOSTON — “Why?” is the question that looms for everyone from the officers involved in the manhunt to the friends and teachers who considered Dzhokhar Tsarnaev one of their own.

Police: Bombing Suspects Probably Planned More Attacks

April 21, 2013

BOSTON — Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the Tsarnaev brothers had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other attacks.

Newspaper Front Pages The Day After Marathon Bombing Suspect Captured

April 21, 2013

Newspapers Saturday documented the capturing of Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev. From headlines such as “The Hunt Is Over” to “Boston Exhales,” here are just some of the front pages from around the world.

With Bomb Suspect Now Captured, Watertown Residents Emerge, Begin Healing Process

April 21, 2013
The morning after the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Watertown residents Aaron Sanders (left) and David Costa (right) sweep glass pebbles from Laurel Street, the location of a shootout between police and the Tsarnaev brothers early Friday morning. (Fred Bever/WBUR)

WATERTOWN, Mass. — Watertown residents emerged from their homes Saturday, the day after one of the most dramatic and traumatic days their town had ever seen. These are their stories of trying to make sense of it all.

Interrogators Wait To Query Wounded Bomb Suspect

April 20, 2013

BOSTON — As the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay hospitalized under heavy guard, the ACLU raised concerns about investigators’ plan to question 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without reading him his Miranda rights.

Media, Take Note: ‘The Race To Be First Often Results In The Race To Be Wrong’

April 20, 2013

BOSTON — NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik analyzed the news coverage of the marathon bombings and Friday’s manhunt.

Former Mass. Police Officer Assesses Manhunt

April 20, 2013

BOSTON — Robert Long, a former state police lieutenant who now does high-level security, shared his insight.

Prosecutors Move Quickly To Build Marathon Bombings Case

April 20, 2013

WASHINGTON — Investigators plan to first question him without informing him of his legal rights to remain silent and have an attorney present.

Sox, Bruins Back After Bombings, Manhunt

April 20, 2013
Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz pumps his fist in front of an Amarican flag and a line of Boston Marathon volunteers, background, after addressing the crowd before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals in Boston, Saturday, April 20, 2013. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

BOSTON — The Red Sox dressed in special uniforms, and security was tight at both Fenway and TD Garden.

UMass Dartmouth Friends Of Bomb Suspect In Shock, Describe Him As Friendly

April 20, 2013

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. — The suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student at UMass Dartmouth. The campus was evacuated on Friday as authorities searched for Tsarnaev. And many of his friends struggled with the idea their friend could be the marathon bomber.

Marathon Bombing Suspect To Be Interrogated By High Value Target Unit

April 20, 2013

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is expected to be questioned by a special interrogation team. A former CIA interrogator joined us to talk about that that could entail.

What’s The Legal Path Forward In The Marathon Bombings Case?

April 20, 2013

BOSTON — We spoke with a Boston attorney who specializes in defending people accused of federal offenses, including terrorism.

Boston Police: Bombing Suspect Is In Custody

April 19, 2013

WATERTOWN, Mass. — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed.

Manhunt Prompts Lockdown Of Boston’s Deserted Streets

April 19, 2013
A lone pedestrian walks along Pearl Street in downtown Boston Friday, April 19, 2013 after mass transit was suspended while a suspect was hunted following bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. (Bill Sikes/AP)

Picture how almost everything is shut down on a snow day, but without the snow — that’s how it was Friday as law enforcement conducted an intensive manhunt looking for the suspect-at-large in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings.

Audio: Friend Of The Tsarnaev Brothers Calls Dzhokhar ‘The Most Popular Kid In High School’

April 19, 2013

Ahdi Moro was in Watertown when the reporters came streaming in Friday and he agreed to answer their barrage of questions about the brothers, who he said had been his friends for six or seven years.

Translation: Chechnya Leader Says Don’t Blame Us, Look To America

April 19, 2013

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov seems to be saying, “Don’t blame Chechnya.” He also points the finger at America. The text is translated from Russian.

Russian Media On Bombing Suspects: Childhood In Kyrgyzstan, Hints Of Extremism

April 19, 2013

From the major Russian newspaper Izvestia: Izvestia has learned that the suspect in the Boston terrorist acts, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, did come to America from Makhachala.

WBUR’s Robin Young: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is My Nephew’s Friend

April 19, 2013
Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (left) and Here & Now host Robin Young’s nephew (right) are pictured in a Cambridge Rindge and Latin graduation photo. Tsarnaev has been identified as the surviving suspect in the marathon bombings. (Robin Young/WBUR)

Robin Young, host of WBUR’s Here & Now, realized during the manhunt on Friday morning that the sought-after suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is a close friend of her nephew.

Translation: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect’s Possible Social Media Page

April 19, 2013

To all appearances, this image is a social media page created on V Kontakte, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, early last year, and purports to belong to Djohar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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