Thin Red Line: The White House reports that with “varying degrees of confidence” US intelligence agencies believe Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. But a statement said the US needed conclusive proof before taking action. …

Boston: Investigators told a House panel yesterday that the Boston Marathon bombs were triggered with the kind of radio-remote used for toy cars, leading some authorities to wonder whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev had instruction in more sophisticated bomb making. But the …

Boston: Investigators say that so far it appears that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects acted alone. But investigators are also following leads in Russia where Tamarlan Tsarnaev spent six months. Tamarlan bought large fireworks in New Hampshire. In the week …

 Boston: Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, known as suspect #2, was charged by federal prosecutors yesterday as he lay in a Boston hospital bed. He’s accused of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and could …

 Boston: ABC and NBC News report that Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and answering questions by handwriting. He is said to be unable to speak because of a gunshot wound to his throat.   Boston’s police commissioner says …

Boston: The Boston Marathon investigation has turned into a hunt for answers to why two immigrant brothers from Kyrgyzstan bombed the annual running event. Investigators say they intend to question 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant without first reading …

Suspect #2 Captured: An evening gun battle ended with the capture of Boston Marathon bombing suspect #2 hiding in a boat in a back yard in Watertown, Mass. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was wounded and described as being in serious condition. …

Thousands of police officers have descended upon Watertown, Mass. Outside Boston in the manhunt for a Marathon bombing suspect. The suspects are identified as Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, brothers from Chechnya. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Suspect #1 was killed in an overnight …

Boston Suspect Dead: A late night robbery, police chase and shootout ended with the death of bombing suspect #1 and #2 on the run, police said at dawn in Boston. Police say the suspects robbed a 7-11 store in Cambridge …

Explosion: At least five people are dead and about 165 injured in a huge explosion at a West Texas fertilizer plant. The blast also damaged and destroyed 50-75 homes and businesses. Firefighters were in the plant battling a fire but …