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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 ...

  • Buchholz improves to 7-0 with seven strong innings

    Papi knocks in two with a single to left CHICAGO -- Clay Buchholz continues to motor right along, giving the Red Sox one dominant performance after another. The one he delivered on Wednesday night could not have come at a better time. After losing the first two games to the White Sox, the last thing Boston wanted to do was end an otherwise successful road trip by getting swept. Buchholz, ...

  • House OK’s change to juvenile court system

    The Massachusetts House unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that would move 17-year-old offenders into the juvenile justice system, ending the practice of routinely incarcerating them in adult correctional facilities. State Representative Bradford Hill, Republican of Ipswich, said the change would also help relieve some of the stress on prisons. If the measure becomes law, the change would ...


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  • Man arrested in May 14 homicide in Brockton

    A second suspect was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting of a man in Brockton on May 14, said the office of Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz. William J. Allen-Robinson, 21, was arrested in Waltham and charged with the killing of Charles Evans, 45, Cruz’s office said. Evans was found shot several times around 4:09 p.m. and was later pronounced dead at a ...

  • Severe storm hits Franklin Worcester counties

    Two tornado warnings were issued late Wednesday afternoon for areas in Franklin and Worcester counties in Western and Central Massachusetts, as strong storms rumbled through, but there were no confirmed reports of a funnel cloud touching down, said Matthew Belk, a spokesman FOR the National Weather Service in Taunton. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency had no reports of significant ...

  • Sara Clift Jones 72 of Weston her drive to help others didn’t diminish with ALS

    Sara Clift Jones never had the kind of schedule that accommodated a diagnosis such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A nurse, a mother, and a mother in perpetual pursuit of knowledge, her hands were more than full at the moment Lou Gehrig’s disease began to curtail her ability to use ...

  • Bulger lawyer asks judge to compel prosecutors to identify confidential informant

    A lawyer fcr James "Whitey" Bulger urged a judge Wednesday to order prosecutors to identify a confidential informant who claimed that two of the gangster’s former associates boasted that they would protect their criminal friends while cooperating with the government against ...

  • Lawrence financial overseer launches review of missing parking garage funds

    The state official who oversees the city of Lawrence’s finances has launched a review of the operations of the city’s parking garages and lots after the Globe reported that the FBI is investigating a mysterious drop in parking revenues in recent ...

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