Boston Marathon Bombing

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev  have asked a judge to bar prosecutors from arguing that his alleged decision to target the iconic athletic event is one of the factors a jury should consider when weighing whether he should be sentenced to death...

The Baltimore Orioles scored six runs off Clay Buchholz in the third inning then held on to spoil Boston's Patriots' Day morning game a year after the Boston Marathon bombings with a 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Monday. The Red Sox had a chance to win in the ninth when they loaded the bases with one out on a single by Brock Holt, a double by Dustin Pedroia and an intentional walk to David Ortiz...

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says the decision to lock down much of greater Boston during the search for the surviving suspect in the marathon bombing was a ``tough call'' but one he's glad was made. Patrick reflected on the April 19, 2013, shelter-in-place request during a recent interview about the anniversary of the attack...

Several members of the Greater New Bedford Track Club plan to run this year's Boston Marathon. Member Theresa Fernette had crossed the finish line last year before the first of two bombs exploded on Bolyston Street and tells WBSM News that at first people didn't realize what was happening...

A new report on the emergency response to the Boston Marathon bombings was largely positive but criticized law enforcement for the chaotic gunfight in which one suspect was killed and a police officer seriously injured, saying it lacked coordination...

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on a request by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) to dismiss some of the charges he faces.       U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr...

A federal judge has ruled the government will begin paying for the legal defense of a 20-year-old man accused of lying for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev .       Robel Phillipos of Cambridge has pleaded not guilty...

A judge has set a November trial date for Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Judge George O'Toole Jr. said in U.S. District Court Wednesday that he has set the trial for Nov. 3, 2014. Earlier this week, Tsarnaev's lawyers had filed a report requesting that the trial start no earlier than September 2015...

Prosecutors say the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzkokhar Tsarnaev is expected to last three months, plus another six weeks if he is convicted and a jury then has to decide whether he should get the death penalty. The trial estimate was included in a joint status report filed in court Monday by federal prosecutors and Tsarnaev's lawyers ahead of a court hearing scheduled Wednesday... R

Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the accused Boston Marathon bomber. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused, along with his brother, of setting off bombs that killed three people and injured hundreds more last April...