Tag: Bombings
US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence
BOSTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev despite...
IS-linked group says Boko Haram leader in Nigeria is dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the...
Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah...
Gaza’s bereaved civilians fear justice will never come
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The al-Kawlaks, a family of four generations living next door to each other in downtown Gaza City, were utterly...
Report: Nashville police could have done more with bomb tip
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville police could have done a better job of following up on a 2019 tip about bomb-making activity by the man...
Officer who tackled Boston Marathon bomber retires
WATERTOWN, Mass. — A suburban Boston police officer who became a national hero in 2013 when he tackled one of the Boston Marathon bombers...
3 jailed over 2017 Barcelona attacks by Islamist extremists
MADRID — A Spanish court on Thursday imposed prison sentences ranging from 8 to 53 years on the three surviving members of an extremist...
Black leaders decry sentence for man who targeted protesters
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Black leaders called Thursday for federal prosecutors to file hate crime charges after a judge gave a lenient sentence to...
Bomb targeting Islamist leader’s car kills 6 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan — Six people were killed and several others were wounded Friday when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a...
France’s top court: Canadian to face trial for 1980 bombing
PARIS — France’s top court has upheld a ruling ordering a Lebanese-Canadian academic to stand trial over a deadly 1980 bombing outside a Paris...
