Updated details Wednesday, July 10:
-Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleads "not guilty" to all charges at his first public appearance in Federal court Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty to using a weapon of mass destruction in the Boston Marathon bombings. The 19-year-old appeared nervous and was wearing a cast. His trial is expected to last three to four months as 80-100 witnesses are called by the government. His next court appearance is Sept. 23.
-Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev makes his first public court appearance this afternoon since his capture in the days after the mid-April explosions. The 19-year-old is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the attacks.
-The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs will hold a hearing Wednesday to discuss lessons learned from the Boston Marathon bombings and the steps that were taken to prepare for and respond to the attack. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and Kurt Schwartz, the undersecretary for Homeland Security and Emergency Management in Massachusetts, are among the witnesses. The hearing will get underway 10 a.m. in Washington, D.C.
-The forthcoming book "Boston Strong" by Casey Sherman and Boston Herald reporter Dave Wedge will be adapted into a screenplay by two of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of "The Fighter." "Boston Strong" is scheduled to be published in 2014 by University Press of New England. Wedge recently joined the FOX 25 Morning News to talk about the movie and book. He said Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasay have acquired features rights to "Boston Strong." The project will chronicle the city's reaction to the blasts.
Updated details Tuesday, July 9:
Federal court will be packed Wednesday as potentially hundreds of Boston Marathon bombing victims plan to watch as suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is arraigned. Courthouse officials told the Boston Herald they are reserving much of the space in the courtroom for the victims. Others will be able to watch the arraignment on television monitors in a separate area.
Updated details Monday, July 8:
The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is expected in court this week. A probable cause hearing is scheduled for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday in federal court. Dzhokhar and his brother, Tamerlan, are allegedly the masterminds of the marathon attack. Three people were killed and nearly 300 others injured. Dzhokhar is also accused of murdering MIT police officer Sean Collier a few days after the bombings. Tsarnaev is eligible for the death penalty. He is currently being held at FMC Devens.
Updated details Thursday, July 4:
The charity set up in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings could get slapped with a lawsuit. The Massachusetts Bar Association says the One Fund payout method is flawed, and many victims aren't receiving the compensation they deserve.
Updated details Monday, July 2:
A Boston man was arrested for allegedly submitting a $2.195 million claim to The One Fund Boston using his dead aunt's name, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Tuesday. Branden Mattier, 22, of the South End, was taken into custody at his home Tuesday when an undercover state trooper presented him with a simulated check made out for $2.195 million. He was charged with Attempted Larceny over $250 and Identity Theft.
Updated details Monday, July 1:
-Massachusetts lawmakers have agreed to create a $200,000 fund to help seriously injured victims of the Boston Marathon bombing move to new homes or modify their existing ones. A House-Senate conference committee included the measure in a supplemental appropriations bill that both chambers were expected to vote on Monday.
-Runners in the coast-to-coast One Run for Boston relay race have reached their finish line in Copley Square, 24 days after they started. The end of the cross-country, non-stop relay organized to raise money for those injured and otherwise affected by the Boston Marathon bombings finished at approximately 12:45 a.m. Monday.
Updated details Saturday, June 22:
Emergency crews participated in marathon fitness test at Gillette Stadium to benefit the One Fund. The 26-hour fitness test is expected to last until Sunday at 5 p.m.
Updated details Friday, June 21:
The makeshift memorial to victims of the Boston Marathon explosions will be removed from Copley Square Tuesday. Mayor Tom Menino says a committee has been formed to find a more permanent way to honor the victims. The items left at the memorial will be moved to the archive.
Updated details Thursday, June 20:
New Hampshire fireworks store that sold pyrotechnics to one of the Boston Marathon bombers is being criticized for its insensitivity. The store reportedly sent out flyers and coupons to residents across Massachusetts, touting its Fourth of July deals. We are only two months removed from that tragic day at the marathon, where so many lives were changed forever. And while Phantom Fireworks store has not done anything illegal, many people are upset the flyers and coupons have been sent to the neighborhoods directly impacted from the bombings.
Updated details Wednesday, June 19:
He was once friends with Boston bombing suspect No. 1. Now, the body of the man shot and killed by a Boston FBI agent is being flown back to Russia with his family. The Boston Globe is reporting the body of Ibragim Todashev left the United States Tuesday. His family says they had difficulties booking a flight as the FBI confiscated his green card and passport during their investigation.
Updated details Friday, June 14:
-The transit police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects will be discharged from the hospital. Officer Richard Donohue expects to head home Friday morning, with other Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officers escorting him. Donohue has been recovering at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for about a month. The 33-year-old still has a bullet in his body, and has been coping with nerve damage that makes it painful to walk.
Updated details Thursday, June 13:
The outgoing director of the FBI was grilled about the bureau's handling of the Boston Marathon bombings. Director Robert Mueller was called before Congress Thursday. The focus of the hearing was the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs, but it was a question about the Boston Marathon bombings that started a heated argument about national security between Mueller and one congressman from Texas.
Updated details Thursday:
-Two Massachusetts residents have sued the New York Post, accusing the newspaper of falsely portraying them as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court said photographs and articles published three days after the bombings made it appear that the FBI was pursuing 16-year-old Salaheddin Barhoum and 24-year-old Yassine Zaimi. The pair was featured on the front page under the headline "Bag Men."
Updated details Wednesday:
--The Boston Bar Association says it can connect people who suffered losses in the Boston Marathon bombings with lawyers who can provide free legal help. The lawyers' group also has put checklists online to identify potential legal issues facing both individual victims and businesses who were affected by the April 15 attack.
Updated details Tuesday:
-Rep. Michael Capuano on Tuesday filed the Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2013 in memory of the MIT police officer allegedly slain by the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. Sean Collier, 27, was fatally shot while sitting in his police cruiser on April 18. Authorities say he was killed by the two men suspected in the twin bombing, which happened three days earlier. "Officer Collier was a hero who lost his life while doing a job he loved, serving and protecting the MIT community as a member of campus law enforcement. This bill is a small way to honor his memory," Capuano said.
Updated details Saturday:
- The last Marathon victim being treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is scheduled to be discharged Monday.
Updated details Friday:
-A radical Islamic magazine has published an article praising the attacks at the Boston Marathon and the recent murder of a British soldier. Inspire Magazine is printed in English and was allegedly where the Tsarnaev brothers got the plans for the pressure cooker bombs used at the marathon. The article is called "Message to the American Nation" and is written by an al-Qaeda commander on the Arabian Peninsula. It praises lone wolf terrorists and calls the Tsarnaev brothers "great" for the attack they're accused of carrying out on April 15.
-Meanwhile, The Boston Globe is reporting that Rep. William R. Keating said Thursday in Moscow that Russia had provided a detailed warning that Tamerlan Tsarnaev intended to join an Islamic insurgency in Dagestan.
- Marathon victim JP Norden was released from a rehabilitation hospital Friday. He tells reporters he looks forward to "a new life, a better life."
- UMass Boston posthumously awarded marathon victim Krystle Campbell with a degree. Campbell's pursuit of a bachelor's degree in sociology was cut short by the April 15 attacks.
Updated details Thursday:
-The family of a Florida man with ties to Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 is calling for an independent investigation, claiming that he was not armed when he was killed by federal agents. Relatives of Ibragim Todashev believe he did not threaten an FBI agent with a sword. They also claim law enforcement may have used excessive force on an unarmed person.
-A U.S. congressional delegation is spending a week in Russia meeting with high-level government and security officials to investigate whether more could have been done to prevent the Boston Marathon bombings. Russia warned the United States in 2011 that bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a potential terrorist threat, but did not respond to U.S. requests for more information.
-Aerosmith, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett returned to Massachusetts to join artists with ties to the state for a benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Other acts included Jason Aldean, Boston, Extreme, Godsmack, The J. Geils Band, Carole King and New Kids on the Block.
- The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were innocent, their mother told The Associated Press on Thursday.
-The University of Massachusetts-Boston will award a posthumous bachelor's degree to Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell at the school's commencement. School officials say Campbell was a student there from 2005 to 2007 and studied sociology. Campbell's family is scheduled to accept the degree on her behalf during Friday's ceremony.
Updated details Wednesday:
-A new report says the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is now able to speak and has called his mother in Russia. Bloomberg says that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev called his mother from the medical facility at Devens, where he's being held. In the six-minute phone call, Tsarnaev told his mom "I am absolutely fine, my wounds are healing. Everything is in God's hands. Be patient. Everything will be fine."
-The probable cause hearing for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been delayed. Robel Phillipos' hearing scheduled for May 31 has been moved to July 12.
-First lady Michelle Obama is planning to be in Boston to meet again with Boston Marathon bombing victims whom she visited last month. She'll also attend a fundraiser for Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey.
Updated details Tuesday:
- Gov. Patrick signed a bill naming slain MIT officer Sean Collier to the Somerville police force.
Updated details Monday:
-Some of Boston's biggest music icons are scheduled to perform this week at a benefit concert for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Aerosmith, James Taylor and New Kids on the Block are among the performers expected at the benefit concert Thursday at the TD Garden.
Updated details Saturday:
- Thousands of athletes joined victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to run and walk the last mile of the race Saturday, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line.
Updated details Friday:
-U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet
to meet with government officials and visit the marathon bombings memorial. Napolitano is scheduled to meet Friday with state Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral, state police Superintendent Col. Timothy Alben, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and members of the state's congressional delegation.
-A bill that would posthumously honor the dream of slain MIT officer Sean Collier to be appointed to the Somerville Police Department is moving quickly through the legislature. The Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved the bill Thursday a day after the House also backed the bill. The legislation would allow Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone to make the appointment.
Updated details Thursday:
- Probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev set for July 10, 2013 at 11 a.m.
Updated details Wednesday:
-A man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent late Tuesday night in Orlando had attacked an FBI agent with a knife. The FBI identified the victim as Ibragim Todashev, of 6022 Peregrine Ave. in Orlando. A friend said Todashev was friends with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
-The administrator of the Boston Marathon victims' compensation fund said just five people have filed applications as of Tuesday, and is urging those affected by the blasts to fill out the paperwork before time runs out.
Updated details Tuesday:
- Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler approved a joint motion seeking that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's probably cause hearing be rescheduled to July 2 at the earliest. The 19-year-old bombing suspect's hearing was originally scheduled to take place on May 30. Both prosecutors and Tsarnaev's attorneys requested more time citing the "need for adequate time to obtain and review evidence."
-Those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings have an alternative to the widely-publicized One Fund when seeking compensation, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said. The state's Victim Compensation Fund, administered by her office, could provide up to $25,000 in additional aid to qualified applicants. The fund may also help people not eligible for money from the One Fund, said Coakley, who is trying to raise awareness about the fund.
- Converse announced all proceeds of limited edition Chuck Taylor All Stars featuring the Boston skyline will go to the One Fund.
Updated details Monday:
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said prison officials should give attorneys daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files and other records.
- The defense and prosecution filed a joint motion to delay a May 30 probable cause hearing in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at least until July 2.
Updated details Saturday:
- State Sen. Bruce Tarr is suggesting an amendment to the state budget that would allow the AG to recover "any and all money" from anyone convicted of the terrorist act "who has previously collected public assistance, financial assistance or received any other direct financial benefit from the state."
- Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says his department and the office of Mayor Thomas Menino will conduct two separate investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings response.
- Concert attendees at EarthFest on the Esplanade were told not to bring backpacks, coolers, blankets, and large bags to the event. EarthFest was the first large public event held in Boston since the bombings.
Updated details Friday:
-A Massachusetts microbrewery is creating a beer in honor of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier. Authorities say Collier was killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Friends say Collier had many passions in life, from the outdoors, to the New England Patriots to country music, and he also enjoyed craft beer.
-The commissioner of the Boston Fire Department is defending his chief after 13 deputies wrote a letter to the mayor highly critical of the chief's response to the Boston Marathon bombings. Commissioner Roderick Fraser calls the letter dated April 26 "unprofessional" and says the deputy chiefs are a "bunch of dinosaurs" resistant to change.
- A judge has rejected a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to allow them to take periodic photos of him in prison. The defense argued that Tsarnaev's "injuries over time" would provide evidence of "his evolving mental and physical state." His lawyers argued that the photos could provide evidence on the voluntariness of his statements and could be used in an argument to mitigate his sentence.
- The MBTA police officer who was critically injured in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has moved to a rehab hospital. A hospital spokeswoman says Officer Richard Donohue was transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston on Friday to continue his recovery.
Updated details Thursday:
- Reports surfaced that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev penned a confession while he was holed up inside a boat in Watertown before being caught by authorities. A Boston attorney told FOX 25 the confession, if it is attributed to Dzhokhar, could play a huge role in the case against the suspected bomber.
-Boston Marathon organizers say runners who couldn't finish this year's race because of the explosions at the finish line can come back next year. The Boston Athletic Association says people who passed the halfway checkpoint but not the finish line will get a code they can use to sign up in August. Regular registration for the 2014 Boston Marathon is scheduled to start in September.
- Media outlets learned the FBI allegedly visited the New Hampshire home of an exiled Chechen rebel who reportedly met with Tamerlan Tsarnaev one month prior to the Patriot's Day attack. The FBI searched the home, as well as the hard drives on the man's computers.
Updated details Wednesday:
-A new lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will continue to cooperate with investigators. Lawyer Joshua Dratel has represented several terrorism suspects. Last week he joined the legal team for Katherine Russell, who lived with Tsarnaev in Cambridge, Mass., but has been staying with her family in North Kingstown, R.I. Dratel tells The Associated Press that Russell is in a fluid situation that's not yet at an end.
-VB spoke with Officer Joe Reynolds and Sgt. John MacLellan of the Watertown Police Department about the standoff with the Boston Marathon bombings suspects. Watch it here.
-So many of the people hurt in the Boston Marathon bombings have amazed people with their positive outlook and energy. Adrianne Haslet-Davis is a dancer who is finding a new rhythm with unshakeable resolve and optimism. Click here to watch Sorboni's interview.
-Boston's fire chief is facing criticism from 13 of his deputies for the way he handled the Boston Marathon bombings. The deputy chiefs wrote a letter to Mayor Tom Menino dated April 26 that said Chief Steve Abraira failed to assume command or show leadership when he showed up at the scene of the April 15 explosions that killed three and injured more than 260.
Updated details Tuesday:
-Firefighters have escorted a Boston Marathon bombing victim from a hospital back to her Boston home. North End resident Roseann Sdoia had an above-the-knee amputation of her right leg following trauma she suffered in the April 15 terrorist attack. Two Boston Fire Department engines and a ladder truck escorted the car Sdoia was in Tuesday as a friend drove her home from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
-Worcester's police chief says the state or federal government should pay the nearly $50,000 it cost his department to provide security at the funeral home where the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev lay for almost a week. Chief Gary Gemme said Monday he will not ask funeral home owner Peter Stefan to cover the $47,171 in security expenses.
Updated details Monday:
- Britism Prime Minister visits Boston and meets with Gov. Patrick, as well as other top officials, to discuss Boston Marathon bombings and show support
-The director of the Massachusetts funeral home where Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body was held says the family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect had the right to bury the body as they did. Peter Stefan said Monday he may not agree with how things were done when Tsarnaev was buried last week in Virginia, but it was legal.
-Newly revealed text messages show Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev was willing to die for Islam. U.S. officials are calling the text messages the most important in a series of missed signals, a vital piece of information that Russia reportedly withheld from the U.S. government prior to the bombings. The Wall Street Journal reports that texts between Tamerlan's mother and a relative allegedly suggest Tamerlan wanted to join Russian militant groups and spoke of general "Jihad."
Updated details Saturday:
- Boylston Street businesses are expressing concern over the possibility that the bombings could be declared an act of terrorism. If the government certifies the attack as an act of terrorism, businesses without specific terrorism insurance coverage could have a difficult time recouping their losses.
- Loved ones planned a fundraiser for Chelmsford native and marathon victim Jeff Bauman in Nashua, N.H. Bauman, who was released from the hospital Friday, lost both his legs in the attacks.
- A member of the House Intelligence Committee tells the Wall Street Journal that text messages between Zubeidat Tsarnaev and a relative that discussed jihad were withheld from the U.S. by Russian authorities. Officials call the text messages the most "important in a series of missed signals between the two countries."
Updated details Friday:
- Word spread that Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body was buried in a small ceremony in Dowsell, Virginia. Doswell is about 30 miles outside Richmond.
- Members of Virginia's Islamic community, as well as state and county officials, expressed their disappointment that the burial was done behind their backs with the aid of a local Muslim group and a woman named Martha Mullen.
- Tsarnaev's death certificate was released Friday. It says he was shot by police then run over and dragged by a vehicle. Investigators say the vehicle was driven by his 19-year-old brother, Dzhokhar. Under occupation, officials listed, "never worked."
Updated details Thursday:
- An intelligence report identified the finish line of the race as an "area of increased vulnerability" five days before the Boston Marathon bombings, according to the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper says an 18-page report written by the Boston Regional Intelligence Center warned Boston police that extremists may use "small scale bombings" to attack spectators and runners at the event.
-Worcester police say Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body was removed from the city of Worcester and was entombed elsewhere. It was not immediately known where the body was taken.
-Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis will testify in the first congressional hearing Thursday on the Boston Marathon bombings. Davis says he's ready to defend his department as lawmakers raise questions about the city's preparedness and its response to the attacks. The FBI is also expected to take some heat for ignoring warning signs.
-The widow of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has hired a criminal lawyer with experience defending terrorism cases as she continues to face questions from federal authorities. Attorney Amato DeLuca said Wednesday his client Katherine Russell has added New York lawyer Joshua Dratel to her legal team. He says Russell will continue to meet with investigators and answer questions.
Updated details Wednesday:
-The chief of the Worcester Police Department held a news conference Wednesday morning regarding the search for a burial plot for the body of Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev. "I am publicly appealing to those with authority to provide a burial site. Do so, and do so quickly," Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said.
-Keeping watch on a Worcester funeral home is a 24-hour job that's costing Massachusetts taxpayers at least $30,000. But now, there's word the police details in Worcester may no longer be needed. A plan to bury Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev could happen soon. It has been nearly a week since Tsarnaev's body was brought to Worcester. There's still no decision, but one could come as early as Wednesday.
-Congress is preparing to hold its first hearing on the Boston Marathon bombings in Washington this week. The Boston Globe reports that House Homeland Security Committee will look into the response from law enforcement and emergency responders as well as on the events leading up to bombings. Among the witnesses expected to be called to the hearing is Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis.
-The father of a student charged with conspiracy in the Boston Marathon bombing case insists his son is not a terrorist and said the 19-year-old believes his friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is "not a human" if he's responsible for the attacks. Amir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, told The Associated Press Tuesday that he has visited his son once since arriving in the United States from Kazakhstan more than a week ago. He said he left flowers several times at a memorial near the Boston Marathon finish line at his son's request. "Azamat loves the United States and the people of the United States," Ismagulov said as Arkady Bukh, his son's new Russian-speaking lawyer, translated for him. "He is not aggressive. He is not a terrorist. He is a simple boy."
-A retired Vermont teacher has offered a spot in his family's Connecticut cemetery plot to the family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died last month following a shootout with police. In a blog post Monday, Paul Keane wrote that he would offer a spot in his family plot in the Mount Carmel Burying Ground in Hamden, Conn., to the family of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed following a shootout with police four days after the April 15 bombing, if the family cannot find one elsewhere.
-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says it asking federal education officials if it can legally release records of four students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, but cannot because it would be a violation of federal law. The U.S. Department of Education said the university may not release the records without the consent of the student.
Updated details Tuesday:
- Worcester police say the added police presence outside the funeral home where Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is being prepared for burial will cost $30,000 by the end of the day Tuesday. They expect that cost to be incurred by the funeral home.
-There appears to be more evidence pointing to the possibility that transit officer Richard Donohue was the victim of friendly fire. The Boston Globe obtained an eyewitness statement to the entire April 19 shootout on Dexter Street. In the statement, Jane Dyson said she saw someone collapse as law enforcement opened fire on the SUV driven by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. This was after Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and on the ground. She said Officer Donohue appeared to fall and get wounded during a time when only police were firing weapons.
-Despite more than 100 offers, a Worcester funeral director is striking out in his search for a burial location for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a gun battle with police. On Monday, funeral home director Peter Stefan said he'd received 120 burial offers from the United States and Canada for the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. But he said when he talked to officials in the cities and towns where the graves are located, nobody wanted the body there.
-Investigators still appear to be keeping a very close eye on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell. Russell returned to her parents' home in North Kingstown, R.I., Monday night. The FBI has visited the Cambridge home she shared with Bomber No. 1 at least four times. Russell is coming under intense scrutiny after officials discovered radical Islamist materials on her computer. It's not clear if the files belong to her or her late husband.
-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was a student, is stepping up security and limiting the number of people who can attend commencement ceremonies.
Updated details Monday:
-The candidates in the special election for the vacant Massachusetts U.S. Senate agree that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev should not be buried in the state. Republican Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL, sent a tweet on Monday saying he believed the suspect's body should be buried at sea in the same manner as the body of Osama bin Laden. Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey said he believes Massachusetts residents have the right to say no to having it buried in the state.
-Massachusetts community activist William Breault is setting up a fund to send the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev back home. Breault says it costs from $3,000 to $7,000 to ship a body to Russia, where Tsarnaev's parents live. He says he will kick start the campaign with a $500 donation.
-Worcester funeral director Peter Stefan says ideally Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev would be buried in his native country. Stefan spoke live Monday morning about the search for a burial plot for Tsarnaev. "Russia is a great idea," he said.
-Lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn't a flight risk. Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge, faces a 2 p.m. detention hearing Monday in U.S. District Court.
-A funeral director trying to find a cemetery to take the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is going next to the city where Tsarnaev lived, but will run into another obstacle: It doesn't want him. Worcester funeral director Peter Stefan said he plans to ask the city of Cambridge to provide a plot because he hasn't been able to find a cemetery in Massachusetts willing to accept Tsarnaev's remains. He said if Cambridge turns him down, he will seek help from state officials.
-The search continues at the Cambridge home of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. FBI and ATF investigators shut down Norfolk Street Sunday. Agents searched for more evidence at the apartment Tamerlan shared with his wife, Katherine Russell, and their young daughter. The search comes just days after investigators reportedly found bomb residue in three places throughout the home. FOX 25 saw agents carrying items out of the apartment Sunday, but authorities aren't saying what those items are. Russell is also under intense scrutiny after officials discovered radical Islamist materials on her computer. It's not clear if files from al Qaeda's Inspire magazine belong to her or her late husband.
Updated details Sunday:
- The City Manager of Cambridge issued a statement Sunday urging the funeral director and the family of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, to not submit a formal application for a burial permit.
- The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a gun battle with police arrived at a funeral home Sunday to prepare his body for burial.
- Lawyers for a man charged with lying to investigators after the Boston Marathon bombings are asking a federal judge to release him from jail, saying he had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn't a flight risk. Phillipos is back in court Monday.
Updated details Saturday:
- Family members of Tamerlan Tsarnaev have asked for a second autopsy to be conducted by a private examiner. The owner of the funeral home where Tsarnaev's body is being prepared for burial says the autopsy will be conducted this weekend.
- The funeral home owner says he expects to have a burial plot for Tsarnaev by the end of the day Monday.
- Legal experts say authorities are placing intense pressure on the widow of one Boston Marathon bomber and three detained friends of the other to cooperate in the ongoing investigation.
Updated details Friday:
- Tsarnaev's death certificate lists his immediate cause of death as blunt force trauma to his head and torso, as well as gunshot wounds to his torso and extremities.
-Customs officials are being ordered "effective immediately" to verify that every foreign student arriving in the U.S. has a valid student visa. It's the first security change by the U.S. government directly related to the Boston bombings.
-Funeral arrangements for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police are being handled by a funeral home that has experience with Muslim services. Peter Stefan, owner of Graham Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester confirmed Friday he is handling funeral arrangements for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but he could not confirm whether he has possession of the body. Stefan says everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of their death and he is prepared for protests. He says arrangements have yet to be worked out.
-Protesters gathered outside a North Attleborough funeral home as a hearse with a police escort left just after 10 p.m. Thursday. The body of Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was brought to Dyer Lake Funeral Home. People actually booed the hearse as it rolled by.
CNN is reporting he will be buried in Massachusetts, but a source told FOX 25 that Massachusetts will not be his final resting place. That source said his body will be taken to a New Jersey funeral home. Tsarnaev has two sisters in New Jersey, Ailina and Bella Tsarnaeva. Tsarnaev's cause of death could be released as early as Friday. The state medical examiner's office will go public with that information once the funeral home files a death certificate.
-Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell, has stopped cooperating with police, the New York Times reports. The newspaper claims Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his wife right after the FBI released surveillance pictures of the brothers. The report says, right now, only Russell knows what they talked about.
– The two Kazakh nationals now charged in connection with helping alleged Bomber No. 2 should not have been living in their New Bedford apartment. The New Bedford Standard Times reports Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev were evicted by a housing court judge because they had not paid rent since January. The pair continued living in the apartment at 69 Carriage Drive until they were picked up by federal agents last month. There are also questions about why Tazhayakov was allowed into the U.S. A law enforcement official told FOX 25 that Tazhayakov did not have a valid student visa, but was somehow allowed to enter the U.S. from Kazakhastan in January.
-There are new details about how money donated to the One Fund Boston will be distributed. The Boston Globe reports that families of those killed or victims who lost more than one limb will receive payments "well over a million dollars." Attorney's overseeing the One Fund say those who lost a single limb will likely receive amounts approaching $1 million. A tentative plan about distribution is set to be unveiled Monday.
-A diverse group of acts including Aerosmith, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett are scheduled to perform at a concert to benefit the families of those killed and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings. The show scheduled for May 30 at the TD Garden to benefit the One Fund also features comedians Dane Cook and Steven Wright. The other confirmed acts are Jason Aldean, Boston, Extreme, Godsmack, The J. Geils Band, Carole King, and New Kids on the Block. Organizers say additional artists will be added.
Updated details Thursday:
- An official claims Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators he and his brother originally planned the attack for the Fourth of July, but moved up the date to April 15 when they finished making the bombs earlier than expected, reports the New York Times. The official also claims Tsarnaev said the brothers built the bombs in Tamerlan's Cambridge apartment.
- Two anonymous investigators tell the New York Times DNA found on the bomb components recovered from the scene of the bombings did not match the DNA of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell.
- Body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, bomber number one, released to family member
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev reportedly called his wife, Katherine Russell, Thursday, April 18 - the day he was identified by the FBI
- In an interview, the father of Dias Kadyrbayev denies his son's involvement and says he son has never had any contact with radicals of his native Kazakhstan
-Boston police announce three additional suspects were taken into custody.
-Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both of New Bedford, appeared in federal court to face conspiracy to obstruct justice charges. They're accused of taking a backpack, fireworks and a laptop belonging to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out of his UMass Dartmouth dorm room. They face up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
-Robel Phillipos, of Cambridge, was charged with making false statements to federal law enforcement during a terrorism investigation. He faces up to 8 years in a prison.
-Court documents say Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov communicated with Tsarnaev in the days following the bombing. After images of the suspects were released by the FBI, Kadyrbayev sent a text message to Tsarnaev saying he looked like the suspect, to which he replied, "lol."
-The body of Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev is finally being claimed by family members. The Islamic Society of Boston-Cambridge told FOX 25 one of Tamerlan's uncles who lives in Maryland is trying to arrange a funeral for him. This is not the uncle who spoke right after the bombings and called Tamerlan a "loser."
-A report in the Daily Mail claims the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warned the U.S. in writing about Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev and a planned explosive attack on a major U.S. city. The Saudi official also said Tamerlan was denied an entry visa into Saudi Arabia when was trying to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in 2011 because he was seen as a potential jihadis. The White House and Department of Homeland Security are denying that report, but are launching an internal review to find out if intelligence information was properly shared.
Updated details Tuesday, April 30:
-State officials say the marathon bomber killed in a shootout with police on April 18 received over $5,000 in public education aid. An itemized list released by Secretary of Education Matthew H. Malone Tuesday shows that Tamerlan Tsarnaev received a total of $5,566 in aid while he attended two Mass. community colleges. Tsarnaev received the financial aid between 2006 and 2008.
-Jarrod Crowley, of Stoneham, who remains in the hospital after surviving the Boston Marathon bombings is speaking to reporters Tuesday afternoon, describing his experience in the blasts that injured three other friends, including two brothers who lost a right leg each. Crowley suffered severe burn and shrapnel wounds in the bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.
-President Barack Obama defended the FBI in regard to its efforts before the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon. Obama said a national security review following the bombings will look at whether there is more the government can do to stop people within the U.S. who might become radicalized and plan terror attacks. One of the dangers the U.S. faces now, Obama said, is people who might decide to attack because of "whatever warped, twisted ideas they may have." Obama said that based on what he's seen so far, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security did what they were supposed to before the attack.
-Investigators told Fox News they found a woman's DNA on at least one of the bombs. There are questions over whose it may be and if that person played a role in the attacks.
-Five FBI agents paid a visit Monday to the family home of Katherine Russell, the widow of Bomber No. 1. Investigators spent an hour and a half inside the North Kingstown, R.I., home. According to the Wall Street Journal, investigators collected Russell's DNA. In the last two weeks, the FBI has visited the Russell home four times. This is the first time they've left with evidence, including an agent seen holding a pair of scissors in a clear plastic bag, which may indicate the feds took a hair sample. Russell's lawyer claims she had no prior knowledge of the attacks and is doing everything she can to help the investigation.
-FOX 25 has learned that from 2002 to 2012, the Tsarnaev family collected cash, food stamps, even Section 8 housing assistance. According to the Boston Herald, the benefits totaled more than $100,000.
-A high-profile defense attorney who is an expert on the death penalty is now representing Bomber No. 2. San Diego-based attorney Judy Clarke is the fourth public defender assigned to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Clarke has also represented "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, and Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner, the man who shot Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and killed six others in Arizona in 2011, among many others. Clarke has a reputation for helping her high-profile clients escape the death penalty.
-In a published report, the mystery man known as "Misha" denies being a religious teacher to bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and says he did not radicalize the accused terrorist. Reporters have been surrounding his doorway in West Warwick, R.I. He is Armenian and Ukrainian and converted to Islam.
-We still don't know when the Tsarnaev brothers were radicalized. The New York Times is reporting it may have happened shortly after Tamerlan's boxing career ended. He wanted to be a U.S. Olympic boxer, but the paper says that ended in 2010 when amateur boxing rules changed, forcing him out of tournaments because he wasn't an American citizen. Sources tell the Times that's when Tamerlan became less social and more withdrawn.
-Tamerlan's body remains unclaimed. His parents are in Russia and his widow hasn't come forward yet. The medical examiner has determined how Tamerlan died, but says the information won't be made public until a death certificate is filed.
Updated details Monday, April 29:
- The FBI was at the Rhode Island home of the widow of Boston Marathon Bomber No. 1 Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Federal authorities had asked to speak with Katherine Russell and were seen leaving the home with bags
- CNN: Sources tell CNN that female DNA has been found on the bomb in the Boston attack
- New York Times: Tamerlan Tsarnaev had dreams of becoming a professional boxer; however, his dreams were thwarted because he was not an American citizen. Sources say he became less social as a result
- Boston Herald: The Boston Marathon bombing suspects and their family benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance, including cash, food stamps, and Section 8 housing, from 2002 to 2012
- Prominent death penalty lawyer he defense team Judy Clarke, who has managed to get life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, has joined Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense team
-The search for a man believed to have had influence on Tamerlan Tsarnaev has led authorities to Rhode Island. According to the New York Review on Books, the man known as Misha is is of Ukranian and Armenian descent. No one knew much about him, but Tamerlan's relatives had been saying that they believed this was the man who radicalized Tamerlan. Over the weekend, the New York Review of Books caught up with Misha - whose real name is Mikhail Allakhverdov - in Rhode Island, where he apparently lives. They did an interview with him and during that interview, he said he was never Tamerlan's teacher, but if he had been, he would have made sure the attack never happened. Misha also said he is cooperating with the FBI and has turned over his computer and phone.
– There will be a hearing on Beacon Hill Monday about the welfare benefits the accused marathon bombers received. The House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. at the State House.
-Officials say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in a special section of the Devens Federal Medical Center with no access to TV or radio, but he is allowed to read. According to the facility's director, his room is small with a steel door. It reportedly has a small slot for food and a window so guards can check on him. Some of the rooms at Devens are equipped with video cameras, but it's unclear if Tsarnaev is in one of those cells.
-Anzor Tsarnaev says he is too sick to travel to Boston. He told the Associated Press that his blood pressure is too high for him to fly. Last week, he said he wanted to travel to the U.S. to claim the body of his eldest son, Tamerlan. He also hoped to visit his younger son, Dzhokhar.
-The Watertown area where the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ended is still closed off to the public. Authorities remain on t, he scene at Franklin Street, where the younger Tsarnaev brother was found hiding in a boat in the back yard of a home. On Friday, investigators removed the boat and took it to a location to be processed for evidence.
Updated details Sunday, April 28:
- Rep. Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says he believes the Tsarnaev brothers were trained in carrying out their attack. Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Mccaul also says he believes the bombers' mother played a "very strong role" in her sons' radicalization, process. He says if she were to return to the U.S. from Russia, she'd be held for questioning.
- Boston hospitals say the number of patients being treated for injuries sustained in the marathon bombing continues to drop. Beth Israel continued to treat six patients Sunday. Brigham and Women's continued to treat nine. Six victims remained at Mass. General Sunday, with one in serious condition. A total of 26 hospitals have treated marathon victims.
Saturday, April 27:
- , Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.
- U.S. officials say investigators have found no evidence that a conservative Muslim friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev had any connection to the Boston Marathon bombing. Family members have said Tamerlan grew up religiously apathetic, but hardened his Islamic views in 2008 or 2009 under the influence of a Muslim convert, known t, o the family as Misha.
- The FBI says they have concluded their search of a landfill near UMass Dartmouth. There is no word on whether or not they recovered anything from the site.
- The Savin Hill Little League honored 8-year-old Martin Richard during their opening day. Martin is the youngest of the three people killed in the marathon attacks.
- A lawyer for one of two college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who were jailed by immigration authorities the day after his capture says the men had nothing to do with the deadly attack and had seen no hin, ts that he harbored any violent thoughts or terrorist sympathies.
- Officials say the Bo, ston Marathon bombing suspect is being held in a small cell with a steel door at the Federal Medical Center Devens.
Friday, April 26:
- Experts believe the bombers likely had more knowledge of bomb making than step-by-step recipe taken from an al Qaeda magazine Dzhokha, r Tsarnaev claimed they , used to make the pressure cooker bombs. They deviated from the al Qaeda recipe, mainly in the trigger they used to detonate the explosives.
- The U.S. Marshals Service released a statement early Friday morning confirming that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been transported from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and is now confined at the Bureau of Prisons facility FMC Devens at Ft. Devens, Mass.
- Gov. Deval Patrick is requesting federal assistance for small busine, sses affected by the Boston Marathon bombing.
- Investigative agencies towed away the boat where 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in on April 19 in Watertown.
– The father of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has reportedly put his trip from Russia to America on hold. CNN is reporting that Anzor Tsarnaev has delayed his trip indefinitely because of health reasons.
-The suspect's mother is speaking out from their home in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva says her children are innocent and claims the bombings were a hoax. She even says the blood on Boylston Street was fake. She wishes she never came to America with her family. T, he mother is accused of shoplifting from a Lord and Taylor store in Natick. There is a warrant out for her arrest if she returns to the United States.
-Two government officials told The Associated Press that U.S. intelligence agencies added the Boston bombing suspects' mother to a federal terrorism database about 18 months be, fore the attack. Officials say this was done after Russia contacted the CIA late in 2011 with concerns that the now-dead suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and his mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, were religious militants about to travel to Russia. The CIA asked that Tsarnaev and Tsarnaeva be added to a classified intelligence database called TIDE. Being on the database does not automatically mean the U.S. suspects a person of terrorist activity and does not automatically subject a person to surveillance, security screening or travel restrictions.
-Fox News: Law enforcement officials are carefully reexamining any possible role that Kather, ine 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 of information provided by Dzokhar Tsarnaev in his on-again, off-again interrogation by FBI officials before he was read his rights by a federal magistrate. According to those official, s, Dzokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators that the information that set in motion the series of events leading to Tamerlan's death and Dzokhar's apprehension came in a phone call from Katherine Russell Tsarnaeva to her husband. Read the full story here.
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-Authorities are now looking into the possibility that the transit officer who was shot was hit by friendly fire. Richard Donohue was hit in the leg by a bullet during the wild shoot out last Friday morning with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects in Watertown. He is currently in serious, but stable condition. A Massachusetts State Police spokesperson told The Boston Globe it's possible he was shot by a fellow officer because of the position of the bullet and the extremely chaotic scene.
-Jeff Bauman Jr. told WEEI-FM radio Friday that he spotted a man later identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev while he was waiting for his girlfriend to cross the finish line on April 15. The man seemed "odd." While everyone else was cheering and having a good time, this man wasn't enjoying himself. He was overdressed for the weather. Bau, man says the man disappeared, then "boom," he was down. The 27-year-old Bauman helped a sketch artist draw the man. Click here for the story.
–Hollowed out fireworks found inside a charity bin have set off a wave of new investigations. Planet Aid operations manager Michael Tambosi says the Watertown fireworks couldn't have been left there by the bombing suspects. Tambosi told the Boston Herald the bins were emptied at 5:20 a.m. Sunday, more than two days after Bomber No. 1 one was kill, ed by police and Bomber No. 2 was captured. At this point, the FBI is not saying if the fireworks are connected to the Boston Marathon blasts.
-There is a new memorial fund to honor the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings. Eight-year-old Martin Richard, who died in the attacks, was a third-grader at the Neighborhood House Charter School. Money raised by the school will be used to establish a scholarship and build a "Peace Garden." Martin's mother is a librarian at the school and his sister is a first-grader. Both of them were also injured in the bombings.
-The Massachusetts welfare agency has released new details about state benefits received by the family of the Boston Marathon suspects. The interim commissioner of the state Department of Transitional Assistance, Stacey Monahan, wrote in a letter to a lawmaker that neither Tamerlan nor Dzokhar Tsarnaev directly received state welfare benefits at any time. The brothers did, however, receive benefits in the past through their parents, and Tamerlan also received benefits from September 2011 to November 2012 through his wife, Katherine Russell.
Thursday, April 25:
-Dzhokhar T, sarnaev told FBI interrogators that he and his brother had spontaneously decided to drive to NYC to bomb Times Square last Thursday, according to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The two had one pressure cooker bomb and five pipe bombs when they were involved in a shootout with police.
- The Middlesex District Attorney's Office is building a case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the murder of MIT police officer Sean Collier. There is no word on what charges Tsarnaev could face in the April 18 murder.
-FBI Director Robert Mueller is in Boston amid the ongoing investigation into the deadly Boston Marathon bombings that happened last Monday. Mueller is visiting the field office in Center Plaza. It's unclear what Mueller specifically hoped to address during his stay.
-The Patrick administration has denied media requ, ests for details on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's government benefits, citing his right to privacy. State agencies are refusing to provide information about the 26-year-old Tamerlan and his brother and accused accomplice, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Thursday morning, the state released a statement, saying "state and federal laws prohibit disclosing information about individuals accessing a wide array of benefits. This week, the Department of Transitional Assistance, in an effort to be responsive to public inquiries, inappropriately confirmed information about the Tsarnaev family. Disclosing such information is not allowed by law. Regardless of the circumstance,, s, we are obligated to follow state and federal law."
-Authorities were searching a New Bedford landfill Thursday for evidence connected to the Boston Marathon bombings. They were combing through mounds of trash at the Crapo Hill Landfill that could be related to last Monday's bombings.
-According to the Associated Press, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has stopped speaking to investigators now that he has been read his Miranda rights. However, the AP is reporting the suspected bomber did acknowledge his role in the attacks before he was advised of his constitutional rights.
-FOX 25 has confirmed with a source and two U.S. officials told the AP that Bomber No. 2 was unarmed when police captured him after he hid inside the boat in the backyard of a Watertown home. Authorities originally said they had exchanged gunfire with him at the boat last Friday night in Watertown, but now we've learned the only shots fired were fired by police because Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at that point was unarmed.<, br />
-Two U.S. officials told the AP that investigators have recovered only one handgun used in a gun battle with police. It's being described as a 9mm pistol with the serial number scratched off. It's not clear w, , hether more guns are involved or have yet to be recovered.
-The Russian government warned the CIA about Tamerlan Tsarnaev months after the FBI closed its case. Russian authorities believed Tamerlan Tsarnaev was becoming radicalized, but the FBI found he had no ties to a terrorist group. The CIA reportedly added Tamerlan's , name to a national watch list, but that didn't stop him from traveling to Russia for six months last year.
-Family members of Tamerlan Tsarnaev are revealing new information about the radicalization of the older bombing suspect. Relatives in the U.S. now claim that Tamerlan fell under the influence of a man known only as "Misha." He is supposedly an Armenian man who converted to Islam. Tsarnaev's relatives say he is an older, heavy set, balding man who wore a red beard and lived in the Cambridge area. One uncle said Tamerlan was brainwashed by Misha, who has not been identified by authorities.
- Fox News Exclusive: Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev sent text messages to his mother as early as 2011 suggesting he was willing to die for Islam. Read more here.
-The suspects' father said Thursday that he is leaving Russia for the United States in the next day or two, but their mother said she was still thinking it over. Anzor Tsarnaev has expressed a desire to go to the U.S. to find out what happened with his sons, defend his hospitalized 19-year-old son Dzhokhar and if possible bring his older son's body back to Russia for burial. Their mother, Z, ubeidat Tsarnaeva, who was charged with shoplifting in the U.S. l, ast summer, said she has been assured by lawyers that she would not be arrested, but was still deciding whether to go.
-Wednesday, Fox News talked to the father who continues to insist his son is being framed and that he did not die on Friday morning as police say.
-Still awaiting an indictment for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Next court hearing is scheduled for May 30.
Wednesday, April 24:
- Two U., S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity told the Associated Press Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was, u, narmed when police captured him hiding inside a boat in a Watertown back yard.
-Officials say the bombs at the Boston Marath, on were triggered by short range detonators that had to be used within a few blocks of the devices.
- A store in Watertown was evacuated Wednesday after witnesses say empty fireworks were found in a clothing bin.
- A cab, driver told FOX 25 he drove Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the day before the marathon. The brot, he, rs, asked him to drop them off on Norfolk Street in Cambridge, but abruptly asked him to drop them off near Kendall Square. The driver says one of them pushed him out of the way when he went to help them remove their backpacks from the trunk.
-Thousands of students, faculty and staff, law enforcement officials from across the nation and Vice President Joe Biden gathered Wednesday at MIT, to pay respects to Sean Collier.
-Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two accused bombers, received welfare benefits until last year. State officials told the paper benefits went to Tsarnaev, his wife, Katherine, and their young daughter. Tsarnaev's parents also received state benefits for the family when he and his brother, Dzhokhar, were minors.
-The state's Executive Office of Health and Human Services says the brothers were not receiving transitional assistance benefits at the time of the incident and have not received any transitional assistance benefits this year.
-A spokesman for the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Wed, nesday that the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is still in the medical examiner's custody. Tsarnaev died Friday after a gun battle with police. Authorities have said his 19-year-old brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, ran over him as he fled.
-Boylston Street opened to traffic at 3 a.m. Wednesday.
-, Still awaiting an indictment for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Next court hearing is scheduled for May 30.
Tuesday, April 23:
- Members of Boston Police Dept. describe capture of bomber number two in Watertown Friday night
- One Fund Boston up, date: Gov. Patrick and Mayor Menino, along with One Fund Boston's administrator Kenneth Feinberg, say the fund, which was created to benefit the victims of last week's Boston Marathon bombings, has generated $20 million thus far
-Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's condition is upgraded to fair. He had suffered gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs and hand.
-Watertown Police Chief Ed Deveau said on the FOX 25 Morning News Tuesday that the bombing suspects had six devices with them during the pursuit and shootout.
-At least 264 people have been treated at area hospitals.
-Boylston Street reopened. Business owners allowed to return to their businesses.
-8-year-old Martin Richard i, s laid to rest.
Monday, April 22:
-Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arraigned in his hospital bed on charges of use of a weapon of , mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. He faces a possible death sentence. (Click here to read the full affidavit and new details)
-Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is referred to as Bomber 2 in court documents.
-At least one person was killed in each of the two blasts.
-A moment of silence observed at 2:50 p.m. Monday.
-Investigators st, il, l waiting to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is having difficulty communicating due to a throat wound.
-Copley Square remains an FBI crime scene. It is expected to be turned over to Boston police in the next few days.
-Medical examiners trying to determine what killed Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Investigators say that he was still alive when his brother ran him over with an SUV while tryi, ng to escape a gun battle with police early Friday morning.
-A private funeral will be held Monday for Krystle Campbell. A memorial service will be held at BU for Lingzi Lu
-UMass official says the school has information that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was on campus last week. School was reopened Monday.
Sunday, April 21:
-Audio was released containing police scanner chatter during the capture and arrest of Sus, pect 2.
-The U.S. Attorneys' Office confirms there will be no update on charges or arraignment Sunday.
-Critically injured MBTA Transit Officer Richard Donohue squeezed his wife's hand on command Sunday morning.
- Tamerlan Tsarnaev was still alive before brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ran him over with a stolen vehicle while attempting to flee the Watertown scene early Friday morning.
-Speculation grows as to whether or not the Boston Marathon bombing suspects acted alone or as part of a terrorist cell
-Suspect 2 was shot in the throat possibly during the Friday morning gunfire, it is unclear when he will be able to speak.
-UMas, s-Darthmouth reopens following Friday's evacuation after learning Suspect 2 was enrolled there.
-Crime scene area in Boston remains closed.
-BPD Commissioner Ed Davis says the suspects had such a large cache of weapo, ns that they were probably planning other attacks.
-The memorial on Boylston Street will be moved to the Copley Square park area.
- The wake for 29-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim was held Sunday.
-The MBTA Transit Police Department released a photo of injured officer Richard Donohue and his friend slain MIT Officer Sean Collier together at their 2010 graduation at the Municipal Police Officers' Academy.
Saturday, April 20:
-Suspect 2 remains in critical condition at Beth Israel Hospital.
-ICE arrests two foreign nationals on immigration violations who were taken into custody Friday in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
- According to police, the suspects used the carjacking victim's ATM card and told the victim that they were responsible for the marathon bombings, as well as t, he death of an MIT officer.
- The American Civil Liberties Union voices its concerns regarding the surviving Boston Maratho, n bombing suspect who will be questioned by investigators without being read his Miranda rights.
-Suspect 2 will be represented by a federal public defender.
-Red Sox David Ortiz drops f-bomb during pregame ceremony at Fenway Park. "This is our (expletive) city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom," he said. "Stay strong."
- Sports return to Boston as the Bruins take on Penguins at the TD Garden.
Friday, April 19
9:30 p.m. - Gov. Patrick , Boston Mayor Tom Menino, the FBI, Boston Police Com, missioner Ed Davis, Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau, and Mass. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz hold a press conference regarding the capture and arrest of Suspect 2. All involved thank the efforts of law enforcement and the residents who were ordered to stay in place during the search.
8:40 p.m. – Applause and cheering heard on Franklin Avenue in Watertown as Suspect 2 is taken into custody and transported to an area hospital with injuries.
7:45 p.m. – A robotic device , is sent in to detect and detonate any explosives Suspect 2 may have on him or in the boat. A series of explosions are heard coming from the backyard area of the Franklin Avenue home. It is unclear what caused the explosions. A Mass. State Police helicopter is overhead and still detects movement in the boat.
7:05 p.m. - Suspect 2 is reported to be down, not dead, but wounded.
7:00 p.m. - Suspect 2 is surrounded by authorities; however, he has not yet been, apprehended. A standoff ensues. We learn Suspect 2 is injured from the gunfire that was exchanged Thursday night in Watertown.
6:30 p.m. – Gunfire is heard in the area of Franklin Avenue in Watertown. Authorities respond to 67 Franklin Ave. and converge on a boat stored in the backyard of the home where they believe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had holed up.
6 p.m. – Authorities hold press conference to announce they have gone door-to-door in a majority of the homes in Watertown where they believe the suspect is hiding; however, they say they have not found Suspect 2. They reopen the T and life the "Shelter in Place" order.
2:27 p.m. - Mass. State Police have recalled recent BOLO. Authorities have located the car and are no longer looking for it.
2:00 p.m. - Conn. State Police iss, ue a "Be On The Lookout (BOLO)" for a 1999 Green Honda Civic with Massachusetts Registration 116GC7. This is a different registration than the one sought earlier Friday morning.
12:30 p.m. - Officials at press conference say no suspect has been found. Search of Watertown neighborhood at a, bout 60 to 70 percent complete. Another briefing is expected within an hour.
11:30 a.m. - Suspect confirmed not to be in Watertown home.
11 a.m. - SWAT team is still around a home in Watertown. Media has been pushed back from area.
10:30 a.m. - Conn. State Police say Honda CRV that was subject of "Be On The Lookout (BOLO)" was found in Boston.
10 a.m. - UMass Dartmouth orders evacuation of campus, Dzhokhar A. , Tsarnaev is a registered student there.
9:00 a.m. - Law enforcement starts going door-to-door in Watertown in search of Suspect 2.
8:40 a.m. - SWAT team surrounds a home in Watertown, with guns drawn. Officers are using bullhorns trying to coerce possible suspect to come out.
8:30 a.m. - "Whatever is in your head is all wrong. You murdered people. Go and ask mercy from the families," said Ruslan Tsarnaev, uncle of 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev on the Fox 25 Morning News. "Everything you believe is false."
8:30 a.m. - The Associated Press confirms Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's older brother is 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev - who is now dead.
8 a.m. – The entire City of Boston put in "Shelter In Place" mode. Everyone asked to stay in their homes.
7:00 a.m. - The Associated Press identifies Suspect 2 at as 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
5:45 a.m. - Police release the photo of Suspect 1 buying gas the night before.
5:30 a.m. - The state shuts down the MBTA.
4:00 a.m. - At a news conference, law enforceme, nt officials confirm that the two bombing suspects are wanted for killing an MIT police officer and that they were the ones involved in a firefight in a Watertown neighborhood. Police also tell Watertown residents and those in neighboring towns to stay in their homes.
2:15 a.m. - New photos of both suspects are released by the FBI.
*The car was later found abandoned a short distance away and an intact low-grade explosive device was found inside. In addition to the scene of the shootout on Laurel Street, the FBI has recovered two unexploded IEDs, as well as the remnants of numerous exploded IEDs.
1:00 a.m. - A firefight is, heard in Watertown between police and the two bombing suspects. A transit police officer is injured in the process. Suspect 1 is critically injured and later pronounced dead while Suspect 2 flees the scene in Watertown on foot.
*As the men drove down Dexter Street in Watertown, they threw at least two small IEDs out of the car.
12:17 a.m. - The man with the gun drove the victim to the ATM where they attempted to withdraw money. The two men continued to a gas station on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. The two men got out of the vehicle, and the victim was able to flee. The carjacking victim had left his cell pho, n, e in the Mercedes SUV, enabling police to track its location via GPS.
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*The man with the gun forced the victim to drive to another location where they picked up a second man. The two men put something in the trunk of the victim's vehicle. The victim and the man with the switched seats while the second man sat in the rear passenger seat. The man with the gun and the second man spoke to each other in a foreign language.
*The victim of the carjacking has since been interviewed and said that whil, e he was sitting in his car on a road in Cambridge, a man approached and tapped on his passenger-side window. When the victim rolled down the window, the man reached in, opened the door, and entered the victim's car. The man pointed a firearm at the victim and stated, "Did you hear about the Boston explosion?" and "I did that." The man removed the magazine from his gun and showed that it ha, d a bullet in it, and then re-inserted the magazine. The man then stated, "I am serious."
10:40 p.m. - Cambridge Police are alerted to a carjacking that occurred at gunpoint on Third Street in Cambridge.
10:30 p.m. - An MIT campus police officer is found shot in his vehicle at the corner of Vassar and Main Streets in Cambridge. He was shot multiple times and was later pronounced dead.
5:15 p.m. - FBI releases photos and surveillance video of Suspects 1 and 2. Both are believed to , be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings.
4:30 p.m. - FOX 25 airs exclusive photo and only photo of its kind that shows; the victims, the suspect and the alleged back pack bomb all in one photo. The photo is the first to identify Suspect 2.
11 a.m. - Pres. Barack Obama and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as well as other top Mass. and U.S. officials, attend interfaith service at, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston's South End.
Wednesday, April 17
4 p.m. - After clearing the scene, courthouse staff is allowed back into the building; however, the rest of the day's proceedings are canceled.
3:00 p.m. - While the courthouse is surrounded by throngs of people, a bomb threat is called in and the courthouse is evacuated. It turns out the report of a suspect in custody was unfounded.
1 p.m. - Reports, surface that the Boston Marathon bombing suspect is in police custody and heading to a federal courthouse in Boston. As a result, media and many others rush to the Moakley Courthouse to hopefully catch a glimpse of the suspect.
*On Wednesday morning, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the FBI wants to speak with individuals seen in at least one video from the Boston Marathon. Napolitano wasn't calling them suspects and did not provide details of the men's appearance or what the video shows.
*Also on Wednesday, Pres. Barack Obama announced he had signed emergency declaration for Mass. He has o,, rdered federal aid to help the local response following Monday's explosions.
*Early Wednesday morning, the third victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombings is identified by a Chinese newspaper as Lingzi Lu.
Tuesday, April 16
*During the day, we learn the names of two of the Boston Marathon bombing victims: Martin Richard, 8, of Dorchester and Krystle Campbell, 29, of Medford.
2 a.m. - Police were seen carrying several large bags from an apartment on Ocean Avenue in Revere. Authorities said the apartment was searched in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing. A FOX News said the apartment bel, onged to a person of interest, who was under armed guard at an area hospital during the search.
*It is important to note that the person of interest was later cleared and had nothing to do with the bombings
Monday, April 15
*Each explosion killed at least one person, maimed, burned, and wounded scores of others, and damaged public and private property, including the streets, sidewalks, barriers, and property owned by people and businesses in the locations where the explosions occurred. In total, three people were killed and over 200 were injured.
* According to the affidavit compiled by an FBI agent, he can discern nothing in that location in the period befo, , re the explosion that might have caused that explosion other than Bomber 2's backpack.
2:49:15 p.m. - Shortly after the first explosion, a second explosion occurred in front of 755 Boylston Street where Bomber 2 had left his backpack. The Boston Marathon was suspended and runners who were on their way to the finish line were stopped at mile 26.
-Virtually every head is turned reacting to the first explosion, Bomber 2 appears calm and then rapidly begins moving to the west away from the finish line. He walks away without his backpack having left it on the ground where he had been standing.
2:49 p.m. - While the marathon was still underway, an explosion occurred at 671 Boylston Street near the marathon's finish line.
2:38:30 p.m. - Bomber 2 lifts his cell phone to his ear as if he is speaking on his cell phone and keeps it there for approximately 18 seconds. A few seconds after he finishes the call, the large crowd of people around him can be seen reacting to the first explosion.
- Bomber 2 remained at the same spot for approximately four minutes, occasionally looking at his cell phone and once appearing to take a picture with it. At some point he appears to look at his phone, which is held at approximately waist level, and may be manipulating the phone.
2:45:15 p.m. - Bomber 2 can be seen stopping directly in front of Forum and standing near the metal barrier among numerous spectators which is back to the camera facing the runners. He then can be seen apparently slipping his backpack onto the ground. A photo is taken from the opposite side of the street shows the backpack on the ground at Bomber 2's feet.
2:45 p.m. - Bomber 2 can be seen detaching himself from the crowd and walking east, on Boylston Street toward the finish line. He appears to have the thumb of his right hand hooked under the strap of his backpack and a cell phone in his left hand.
2:42:15 p.m. - Bomber 1 can be seen passing in front of Forum and continuing in the direction of the location where the first explosion occurs. He still has his backpack on.
2:42 p.m. - Bomber 1 can be seen detaching himself from the crowd and walking east on Boylston Street towards the finish line.
2:41 p.m. - Video footage obtained from Forum Restaurant located at 755 Boylston St., show Bomber 1 and Bomber 2 standing together approximately one half block from the restaurant.
- After turning onto Boylston Stre, et, Bomber 1 , and Bomber 2 can be seen walking east along the north side of the sidewalk towards the marathon finish line. Bomber 1 is a few feet in front of Bomber 2.
2:38 p.m. - Two yo, ung men can be seen turning left onto Boylston from Gloucester Street. Both men are carrying large backpacks. The first man (formerly known as Suspect 1 now know as Bomber 1) is a young man wearing a dark-colored baseball cap, sunglasses, a white shirt, dark coat, and tan pants. The second man (formerly known as Suspect 2 now known as Bomber 2) is a young male wearing a white baseball cap backwards, a gray hooded sweatshirt, a lightweight black jacket and dark pants.
9 a.m. The 2013 Boston Marathon kicks off in Hopkinton. Accord, ing to the Boston Athletic Association, 23,000 runner participated. The Elite Men and Women began the race around 9:30 a.m. and the third and final wave left the starting line around 10:40 a.m. An awards ceremony was scheduled for 5 p.m.
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