Boston

A town in decline faces another blow.

Most every day I walk by the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, past the graves of the “victims of the Boston Massacre” and find myself musing on the events of March 5, 1770. On that cold, otherwise calm moonlit night, musket fire erupted in King Street. Three men were killed immediately. Two died…

Boston

Boston

Boston, Mass.

In 1968, Jerry Angiulo, a Boston mafiosi, dodged a murder conviction. 

In response to the death penalty granted to the Boston bomber, Martin O'Malley, a likely Democratic presidential candidate, has reiterated his opposition to the death penalty.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will spend the four days leading up to the Boston Marathon conducting a helicopter-based survey to measure naturally occurring background radiation in a ten square mile area west of downtown Boston.  The measurements are being taken to "establish…

On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee released a report summarizing its investigation into the April 15, 2013, terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon. Among the report’s key findings: Nearly one year after twin backpack bombs killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, U.S.…

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is not slowing down the president. Barack Obama will travel to Boston on Wednesday for Democratic National Committee events, the White House announced today. 

The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with editor William Kristol on the recent RNC meeting in Boston, and the fights between 2016 contenders and how these debates help the GOP.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the men accused of bombing the Boston Marathon in April, isn't winning any fans among the victims of her sons' crimes. The Boston Herald reports that one of those victims, who was hospitalized for weeks after the bombings, says Tsarnaeva's pro-jihad comments are…

The Boston police announces that "Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case."

The reaction of most Americans to the tragedy in Boston was typical: We came together as a nation, mourned our fallen, and applauded our newest heroes.  The sight of first-responders running to the sound of danger within mere seconds of the explosions, not away from disaster as human instinct might…

The Boston Herald reports:

Judy Clarke, a "prominent death penalty lawyer," in the words of the Associated Press, will represent the alleged Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

NBC reports that Russia is telling American authorities that it overheard a wiretapped conversation between the suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his mother about jihad: 

And now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians? They were, those people, a kind of solution. How many times in the last century have these concluding lines of C. P. Cavafy’s famous 1898 poem, “Waiting for the Barbarians,” been quoted? How many modern intellectuals have pondered the…

Jeff Bauman, a survivor from the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, tells a Boston radio show his killer is dead--and he's still alive. "He's dead and I'm still here," said Bauman, who helped identify the suspects to authorities from his hospital bed.

Lee Smith writes:

Law enforcement officials are carefully reexamining any possible role that Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva, the wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, played in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the investigation. The intense scrutiny comes as a result…

After being read Miranda rights, the Boston bombing suspect in custody, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has stopped talking to authorities, officials tell the Associated Press.

Vice President Joe Biden made a joke today at the memorial service for slain MIT police officer Sean Collier:

Vice President Joe Biden called the Boston bombers "two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knock-off jihadis" in remarks at a funeral service in Massachusetts for Sean Collier, the slain MIT police officer:

An important story from the Boston Globe:

Reuters reports:

Secretary of State John Kerry announced today in Brussels, Belgium that the Boston bomber was radicalized in Russia, Chechnya. "[H]e learned something where he went and he came back with a willingness to kill people," Kerry said in response to a question from the press.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was on welfare, sponsored by tax payers. Tsarnaev, now dead, is suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon last week. 

Katherine Russell, the wife of the dead Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, claims to be shocked by the "reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law" in the Boston Marathon bombings last week.

CNN’s headline this morning reads, “Boston suspect: It was just us.” The headline links to an article that begins by explaining that the “surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told investigators that his older brother, not any international terrorist group, masterminded the deadly…

Senator Lindsey Graham made the case yesterday that the Boston bombing suspect should've been held as an enemy combatant:

A lawyer writes in:

The White House announced today that President Obama will be observing a moment of silence today for Boston bombings last week. The event is "closed press."

During President Obama’s trip to Israel last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to apologize for the “operational mistakes” that in May 2010 led to the deaths of nine Turks who attacked Israeli commandoes after they boarded the…

There is still much we don’t know about the Boston Marathon bombers. It will take time to piece together a more complete picture of their backgrounds. But the investigation has taken an important turn since late last week, as U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are delving into their…

“In this age of instant reporting and tweets and blogs, there's a temptation to latch on to any bit of information, sometimes to jump to conclusions,” said President Obama, in the late evening of April 19, after Dzokhar Tsarnaev was captured alive in Watertown, Mass. “But when a tragedy like this…

In a joint statement, four lawmakers urge President Obama to treat the Boston bombing suspect picked up last night in Watertown, Mass. as an “enemy combatant.” Here’s the joint statement, signed by Rep. Peter King, Senators Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham:

The police chief of the Watertown police department shares amazing new details of the chase for the Boston bombings suspects from Thursday night into Friday evening:

NBC reports:

In a statement meant to update the press on how the president is dealing with the situtation in Boston, the White House reveals that two officers were killed there last night:

A website that places a "value" on Twitter accounts has increased the estimated value of suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's from $37 to more than $37,000 as of late Friday afternoon due to the tens of thousands of new curious followers.  Multiple news organizations reported the existence…

The delusional aunt of the suspects in the Boston bombings accused the feds of setting-up her nephews:

The suspect still on the run in the Boston bomings case appears to have used Twitter, under the account @J_tsar. On Wednesday, a couple days after he allegedly murdered innocent Americans, the suspect appears to have tweeted, "I'm a stress free kind of guy."

The Chechen president has apparently released a statement that blames the suspects' American upbringing for their alleged terrorist activity. 

UMass Dartmouth claims the suspect is "a student registered" at that university.

And now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?They were, those people, a kind of solution. How many times in the last century have these concluding lines of C. P. Cavafy’s famous 1898 poem, “Waiting for the Barbarians,” been quoted? How many modern intellectuals have pondered the…

Mass. governor Deval Patrick said today a "massive manhunt underway" to look for the bombing suspects in the Boston-area:

Suspect two in the Boston bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is currently on the loose, appears to have attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He appears to have been awarded a city scholarship in 2011.

The FBI has released this video of suspects in the Boston marathon bombings:

President Obama thanked Boston marathon volunteers earlier today:

In what may be just an eerie coincidence, the Defense Department posted a contract award notice today to Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts for research into "Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff." Of particular concern are Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that have become a…

Steve Hayes, with Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell made the case this evening that the National Rifle Association is to blame for the slow investigation into the Boston bombings:

After multiple media outlets (especially CNN) wrongly reported that an arrest had been made in Boston, the FBI is urging media to "exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting."

After reporting that a suspect in the Boston bombings had been arrested, CNN backed off:

Tomorrow's page 1 of the Boston Herald:

In a statement to the press, the Department of Homeland Security says that it doesn't believe the Boston bombings are part of a "broader plot" and it "continues to keep in place enhanced security measures at transportation hubs."

In explaining why President Obama didn't call the Boston bombings a "terrorist attack," former adviser David Axelrod said, "I'm sure what was going through the president's mind is -- we really don't know who did this -- it was tax day":

Barney Frank discussing the Boston marathon bombing on CNN this morning:

NBC reports: 

CNN now reports that an 8-year-old child was killed in today's Boston marathon bombings:

President Barack Obama addressed the Boston Marathon bombing just now from the White House:

Fox News reports and provides video from Boston: 

In news that shocked absolutely nobody in the entire sports world, Bobby Valentine has been fired as manager of the Boston Red Sox.  Valentine “went 69-93 in his only year in Boston, the ballclub's worst in almost 50 years.”

Republican senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts has regained the lead in his race against Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, according to a new poll by the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the Boston Herald. Fifty percent of the 524 registered voters polled support Brown, while 44…

Former Boston mayor Ray Flynn, a Democrat, has cut a 30-second advertisement for Republican senator Scott Brown. "I'm a Democrat, but I'm tired of all the polarization and the pettiness and the bickering," says Flynn. "Scott Brown is a person that you can work with." Watch the ad below:

Today, after deliberating for less than ten hours, a federal jury found Tarek Mehanna guilty of the most serious charges leveled by federal prosecutors against him, including providing material support to terrorists, conspiring to kill in a foreign country, and lying to counterterrorism officials.…

The Associated Press crunches the numbers and finds that Occupy protests have "cost local taxpayers at least $13 million." 

Occupybostonglobe.com has photos of "A flash mob, calling for the release of Tarek Mehanna, Downtown Boston, MA, on Sunday, Oct. 09, 2011. Mehanna is a prisoner, held with out bail, awaiting trial since 2008." Here's a screen grab of the mob:

In late March, as Boston emerged from winter, so did the city’s protest community. On the 24th of the month I watched as antiwar students joined forces with partisans of the Palestinian cause and Nation of Islam members in their immaculately pressed suits and distinctive bow ties, to gather in…

It turns out that October is fashion month at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, so there’s probably no better time to check out the extensive photography exhibit, “Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000,” in the MFA’s Foster Gallery. Even a quick walk through the galleries shows how Richard Avedon helped shape some…