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This image provided by the Providence Police Dept. shows surveillance images of Claudio Neves Valente, a suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University. (Providence Police Dept. via AP)
December 20, 2025, 2:52 pm
How the ‘Reddit Detective Agency’ helped hunt for Brown killer and ‘blew the case open’
Years after Reddit users falsely smeared Brown student as suspect in Boston marathon attack, tipster saved the day after AI-powered surveillance of little use in early investigation
By Matt O'Brien
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP/FBI, File)
March 4, 2022, 6:34 pm
US Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
6-3 majority rules that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev received ‘a fair trial before an impartial jury,’ overturning lower court ruling
By Mark Sherman
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 24, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 5:20 pm
Liberman: Even ‘liberal’ Boston sentenced marathon bomber to death
Defense minister doubles down on vow to advance capital punishment for terrorists, dismisses opposition by Shin Bet
By Marissa Newman
Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013 (AP/Charles Krupa)
December 13, 2016, 10:32 am
In Israel, Massachusetts police look for help tackling terror
With memories of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, ADL brings New England cops to study Jewish state’s ability to monitor social media, address terrorist threats
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport (Oxyman/Wikimedia Commons/File)
May 12, 2016, 11:01 am
Al-Qaeda leader urged trainee to target Israelis, Americans
Slain US citizen-turned-jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki was not only a chief propagandist but also a hands-on bomb-making instructor, according to NY court documents
By ToI Staff
File: (Left to right) Khalid El Bakraoui, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui, who carried out the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels on March 22, 2016, in a photo distributed by Belgian authorities. (Belgian Federal Police)
March 24, 2016, 12:32 am
Brothers-in-jihad — when fraternal bonds lead to terror
As in the Brussels, Paris and Boston attacks, experts say radicalization among siblings ‘a natural phenomenon’
By Michel Moutot
This undated photo provided by Chad Wells shows Mormon missionaries Mason Wells, 19, of Sandy, Utah, left, and Joseph Empey, 20, of Santa Clara, Utah. They both were injured in Tuesday's explosion at the Brussels airport. (Joseph Empey/Chad Wells via AP)
March 24, 2016, 12:31 am
After cheating death in Boston attack, Utah teen survives Brussels blast
Mason Wells, 19, expected to make full recovery; ‘Hopefully he’s run his lifelong odds and we’re done,’ says father
By SALLY HO and BRADY McCOMBS
People gather to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Brussels airport and metro bombings, on the Place de la Bourse in central Brussels, on March 23, 2016, a day after the triple blasts killed some 30 people and left around 250 injured. (AFP/Belga/AURORE BELOT)
March 23, 2016, 5:31 pm
Over 40 nationalities among Brussels dead and wounded
Victims include citizens of Britain, Colombia, Peru, France, US; American missionary hurt in attack had survived Boston Marathon bombing
By AFP
In this March 20, 2014, file photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Heather Abbott speaks with a reporter at her home in Newport, Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
October 19, 2015, 3:52 am
Boston bombing survivor’s charity gives 1st artificial limb
Heather Abbott’s prosthetic leg gave her back her life, and now she’s giving the same gift to others, starting with Hillary Cohen
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
Robel Phillipos leaves federal court after being sentenced in Friday, June 5, 2015, in Boston. (AP/Bill Sikes)
June 6, 2015, 5:37 am
Two friends of Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to prison
College mates get 3 years and 3.5 years for impeding investigation into attack, lying to FBI
By Denise Lavoie
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP/FBI, File)
May 28, 2015, 8:18 pm
Date set for Boston Marathon bomber’s sentencing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be formally handed the death penalty on June 24, over 2013 attack that killed three
By AP and ToI Staff
A courtroom sketch of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (YouTube screen capture)
May 16, 2015, 1:07 pm
Tsarnaev could be first terrorist executed in US since 9/11
Case faces years of appeals, with some fearing death sentence will only satisfy Boston bomber’s desire for martyrdom
By Denise Lavoie
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP/FBI, File)
May 15, 2015, 10:52 pm
Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death
Jury rejects claims that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was just a ‘kid’ who fell under the influence of his fanatical brother
By Denise Lavoie
Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev (photo credit: AP/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie)
April 28, 2015, 2:58 am
Defense blames Boston bombings on dead older brother
Lawyers argue in favor of life sentence, not death, saying Tamerlan Tsarnaev was ‘consumed by jihad,’ swayed Dzhokhar to take part in attacks
By Brigitte DUSSEAU
This April 15, 2013 forensics photograph made by the FBI; provided Thursday, April 23, 2015, by the US Attorney's office; and presented in federal court as evidence during the penalty phase of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial, shows the scene where the second bomb exploded on Boylston Street near the marathon finish line in Boston. (Photo credit: US Attorney's Office via AP)
April 27, 2015, 10:11 am
Tsarnaev’s life on line as defense argues against execution
Boston bomber was convicted of 30 federal charges, 17 of which carry possible death penalty
By Denise Lavoie
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