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  • FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects FBI kill Florida man known to Boston bombing suspects

    MIAMI - A man known to the Boston Marathon bombers was shot and killed Wednesday by an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent after he turned violent during questioning, the investigating agency said. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, 27. He was killed in the early morning incident in Orlando, Florida. The FBI said the shooting occurred in Orlando, ...

  • Dead Boston bomber involved in 2011 slayings Report

    Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple murder outside Boston along with a Chechen killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers, according to media reports. Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot early Wednesday during an interview with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, CNN reported citing a federal ...

  • Boston bombing probe Man shot dead by FBI

    An FBI agent shot and killed a 27-year-old alleged friend of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Florida, a day after questioning him as part of the investigation into the April 15 attack, media reports said. The victim, identified as Ibragim Todashev, was shot at a condominium complex Wednesday in Orlando, Florida. The FBI confirmed a man died while one of its agents ...

  • Police 2 additional arrests in UK hacking death

    Police made two additional arrests Thursday as part of their investigation into the slaying of a soldier killed in Woolwich, London Metropolitan police said on the department's official Twitter ...

  • 3 to 6 major hurricanes predicted this season

    Download WCVB's Hurricane Tracker The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest on record with 19 named storms. Ten became hurricanes and two were major storms, with winds over 111 mph. That included Sandy, which caused $50 billion in damage, even though it lost hurricane ...


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  • Driving north for holiday Dont slow down

    "Traffic is moving smoothly through the new ORT lanes at highway speeds of up to 65 mph," said Chris Waszczuk of the Department of Transportation. "Stopping or slowing down for any reason in those lanes is potentially a serious safety issue and is highly ...

  • Police warn residents about man taking childrens pictures

    According to the department's Facebook page, police said they received a report of the man taking pictures in the area of Foxmeadow Drive between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ...

  • Fallen military heroes honored on Boston Common

    More than 300 volunteers from the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund began planting 33,000 flags on the common Wednesday at the Sailors and Soldiers Monument near Charles and Beacon Streets. Additional volunteers will watch over the flags throughout the ...

  • Francona On Gresh Zo ‘A Lot Of Good Times’ In Boston

    BOSTON (CBS) - Terry Francona will return to Fenway Park on Thursday night, but this time he'll be in visitors' dugout for the first time. Francona and his first-place Cleveland Indians open a four-game set with the Red Sox on Thursday night, Francona's first time back as an opposing manager after spending eight years in the Boston dugout. "If I said that I wasn't ...

  • 33000 Flags On Boston Common Honor State’s Fallen Heroes

    BOSTON (CBS) -An American flag for every fallen hero in the state of Massachusetts - 33,000 since the Civil War - now sits on Boston ...

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