Boston Marathon
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Ernst van Dyk clinches historic Boston Marathon win
Veteran wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk has become the first athlete to win 10 titles at the Boston Marathon.
2014 Boston Marathon kicks off under tight security
Security has been beefed up at the 2014 Boston Marathon, a year after the bombings that killed three people and injured hundred others.
Michelle Obama picks disaster heroes, gay athlete as speech guests
The White House has filled Michelle Obama’s seating area at the State of the Union address with people who represent issues important to her.
Accused Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev indicted
A US grand jury has indicted accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhohkhar Tsarnaev on charges of killing four people and using homemade bombs.
Boston bombing suspect served charges in hospital bed
Federal prosecutors have charged badly-wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his hospital bed.
This is a set up, says Boston bombing suspects’ father
The father of the suspected Boston bombers has insisted in an interview that his sons were innocent and could not have carried out the bombings.
Injured Boston bombing suspect awaits charges
Prosecutors have prepared criminal charges against a student suspected in the Boston bombings as he lay wounded, unable to speak and hospitalised.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect ‘may never speak’
The surviving suspect remains in serious condition in hospital, unable to speak due to injuries to his neck and tongue.
Security, black ribbons for Boston at London Marathon
Big crowds lined the route of London’s mass road race to cheer on 36 000 runners, may of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded.
Night of terror in Boston suburb as police chase bomb suspect
The search for the remaining 19-year-old man suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon on Monday continues, as cities remain under lockdown.
Chechnya leader says Boston bombing suspects are ‘unknown’
Two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings did not have any connection with their homeland of Chechnya.
Boston suspect’s web page calls for Chechen independence
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and calling for Chechen independence on a Russian social networking site.
Official identifies alleged Boston bombers
Boston police commissioner Ed Davis has warned the city of Boston to "shelter-in-place" as authorities pressed a manhunt for the second suspect.
1 MIT shooting suspect killed after hijacking
A suspect in the shooting of an MIT guard is dead, and a manhunt is on for another – both of whom are believed to be involved in the Boston bombings.
MIT shooting, Boston bombings link remains unclear
Police have descended on a Boston suburb amid reports of gunfire and explosions after a university police officer was shot dead on the MIT campus.