Boston Marathon Bombings

How To Divide One Fund? Should Double Amputees Get Double Money?

How would you divide the millions in the One Fund among Boston Marathon bombing victims? A back-of-the-envelope exercise.

Officer Shot In Marathon Showdown Heads Home

Officer Richard Donohue has been recovering at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for about a month.

The Tipping Point: When Conspiracy Theories Become Dangerous

What explains the widespread belief in conspiracy theories? And can it help account for the Boston Marathon suspects’ turn to terrorism? Research in social and cognitive psychology offers some insight.

Cognoscenti

Jun 7, 2013

Report: Gov. Patrick Says He Got Drunk After Marathon Manhunt

The governor got "quite drunk" alone in a restaurant, he said during a candid conversation at a Cambridge marketing firm.

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Jun 6, 2013

Mass. Residents Sue NY Post Over Marathon Bombing Coverage

Two Massachusetts residents have sued The New York Post, saying the newspaper falsely portrayed them as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Jun 6, 2013

Fateful Boston Marathon Photo: Mass. General's ER At 4:15 On 4/15

When the photo was snapped, the first rush had passed. The medical professionals didn't know that another 24 patients were on their way.

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Jun 5, 2013

One Fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg leads a town hall meeting on how victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will be compensated, Tuesday at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. (Angela Rowlings/Boston Herald/AP, Pool)

One Fund's Administrator 'Not Troubled' By Few Applications So Far

Despite a push to extend it, attorney Kenneth Feinberg says he won't change the June 15 filing deadline for marathon bombing victims.

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04:56Jun 4, 2013

Last Boston Marathon Bombing Victim Leaves Hospital

A Baltimore area pre-school teacher who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings is scheduled to leave the hospital Monday.

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Jun 3, 2013

Congressmen Find Few Boston Attack Clues In Russia

The head of a U.S. congressional delegation said Sunday that its meetings in Russia showed there was "nothing specific" that could have helped prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but that...

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Jun 2, 2013

Rep. Keating: Russians Believe Bombings Were Avoidable

He says Russian intelligence officials believe the Boston Marathon bombings could have been avoided if U.S. authorities had acted on their warnings about Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

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May 31, 2013

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, speaks with the AP in the family's new apartment in Makhachkala, regional capital of Dagestan, Russia, Thursday. (Musa Sadulayev/AP)

Marathon Bombing Suspect Now Walking, Mother Says

Meanwhile, the father of a Chechen immigrant killed in Florida while being interrogated by the FBI maintained that the U.S. agents killed his son “execution-style.”

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May 30, 2013

Watertown Residents, Police Meet In Community Forum After Manhunt

The meeting was billed as an opportunity for residents to show their appreciation to the city's police department.

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05:23May 30, 2013

Marc Fucarile and his fiancee, Jennifer Regan, at MGH on May 9. On Thursday, Fucarile was moved from MGH to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. (Steven Senne/AP)

A BB In His Heart, Last MGH Bombing Patient Heads To Rehab

With an uncertain future, the last remaining Boston Marathon bombing victim leaves MGH and heads to a rehabilitation hospital.

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May 30, 2013

UMass Boston To Award Posthumous Degree To Bomb Victim

Krystle Campbell's family is scheduled to accept the degree on her behalf during Friday's ceremony.

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May 30, 2013

The Best Cure For Fear? A Little More Trust

After acts of random or senseless violence, our natural instinct is to retreat. But what we really need is to come together.

Cognoscenti

May 30, 2013

Mass. General's Last Marathon Bombing Patient Checks Out

Mass. General Hospital releases its last victim of the Boston Marathon bombings to rehab care.

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May 29, 2013

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Sister Faces Drug Charge

A sister of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects is facing a drug charge in New Jersey.

Local Coverage

May 28, 2013

In this Monday, April 15, 2013, photo, spectators make pictures with camera phones during the Boston Marathon in Boston, before two bombs exploded at the finish line in an attack that killed 3 people and wounded over 170. As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd is no longer an easy feat. There are eyes — and cameras — everywhere. (Kenshin Okubo/AP)

In Defense Of The Amateur Sleuth: How Reddit Could Be A Powerful Tool For Police

Reddit’s Boston Marathon bombing investigation, even with its mistakes, raised an important truth: The police need the public’s help.

Cognoscenti

May 28, 2013

Marathon Winner Honors Boston Victims

The winner of the men's race at the Boston Marathon says he is returning his winner's medal to honor the city and those killed and injured in the terrorist bombings.

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May 26, 2013

Community Outreach And Counterterrorism: Boston's Example

Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in...

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May 25, 2013

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How To Divide One Fund? Should Double Amputees Get Double Money?

Officer Shot In Marathon Showdown Heads Home

The Tipping Point: When Conspiracy Theories Become Dangerous

Report: Gov. Patrick Says He Got Drunk After Marathon Manhunt

Mass. Residents Sue NY Post Over Marathon Bombing Coverage

Fateful Boston Marathon Photo: Mass. General's ER At 4:15 On 4/15

One Fund's Administrator 'Not Troubled' By Few Applications So Far

Last Boston Marathon Bombing Victim Leaves Hospital

Congressmen Find Few Boston Attack Clues In Russia

Rep. Keating: Russians Believe Bombings Were Avoidable

Marathon Bombing Suspect Now Walking, Mother Says

Watertown Residents, Police Meet In Community Forum After Manhunt

A BB In His Heart, Last MGH Bombing Patient Heads To Rehab

UMass Boston To Award Posthumous Degree To Bomb Victim

The Best Cure For Fear? A Little More Trust

Mass. General's Last Marathon Bombing Patient Checks Out

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Sister Faces Drug Charge

In Defense Of The Amateur Sleuth: How Reddit Could Be A Powerful Tool For Police

Marathon Winner Honors Boston Victims

Community Outreach And Counterterrorism: Boston's Example