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Days after an appeals court vacated the death sentence for so-called Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, President Donald Trump tweeted a call for the 27-year-old to face the death penalty for his part in the 2013 terrorist attack. “Rarely has anybody deserved the death penalty more than the Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The court agreed […]

A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev due to issues in the jury vetting process, WBZ-TV reported. Tsarnaev will spend the rest of his life in prison. In 2015, Tsarnaev was sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 terrorist attack, which killed three people and […]

During a rambling speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, Donald Trump gave a preview of an attack that he plans to use against Bernie Sanders in the general election, if the 78-year-old Vermont senator wins the Democratic Party nomination. “He said the Boston bombers, the Boston guys, he said they […]

Marine veteran Micah Herndon knows what it means to give something his all. At the Boston marathon earlier this month, Herndon ran to honor three of his fallen comrades, Mark Juarez, Matthew Ballard, and Rupert Hamer, whose names were written on his shoelaces. When his legs could simply take him no further, he crawled his […]

Avid runner and alleged victim of Alec Baldwin’s temper, Wojciech Cieszkowski is breaking his silence after the actor was released from police custody after a parking space melee in New York on Friday. Page Six caught up with Alec Baldwin’s alleged victim, Cieszkowski, who reportedly got punched unexpectedly by the actor in a parking dispute. […]

Born to Hollywood director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Jake Gyllenhaal has already spent a lifetime in the spotlight, even though he’s only 36-years-old. That means he’s used to being the center of attention for public gossip and tabloid conjecture. For instance, Jake dismisses once and for all that his godfather, Paul Newman, was […]

Stronger tells the story of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which has been adapted from Bauman’s own memoir. In Stronger, Jake Gyllenhaal gives a heart-wrenching performance as Jeff, while Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) brings Jeff’s former girlfriend, Erin Hurley, to the screen. Together, Gyllenhaal and Maslany prove there are more […]

Patriots’ Day in Boston, Massachusetts, is a celebration of many things, but for sports fans it is a holiday in itself, and with three major sporting events going on this year, fans will be on overdrive! The 2017 Boston Marathon will take place today, Monday, April 17 as once again some of the greatest long […]

Mark Wahlberg is a Patriots fan from way back. A Boston native, there was no way that Mark Wahlberg was going to miss out on attending the 2017 Super Bowl. But, as Fox News reported, the Deepwater Horizon actor missed out on the historic ending of this year’s Super Bowl because, like the good family […]

Mark Wahlberg is not at all worried about stardom. The Planet of the Apes actor has no interest in the glitter of Hollywood; he simply wants to give his absolute best, regardless of which role he’s playing. According to the Guardian, the talented actor revealed that all he wants is to retire knowing that he’ll […]

Weren’t you there? The Boston Marathon movie Patriots’ Day is being filmed in Boston today while the 120th Boston Marathon is underway. Actor and Dorchester native Mark Wahlberg is wearing a police uniform while filming at the finish line — the site of the 2013 bombings. Wahlberg decided that he wanted to make a movie […]

One of the Boston Marathon bombing victims, Victoria McGrath, who survived that fateful day in April 2013, tragically lost her life in a car crash in Dubai. The 23-year-old and her roommate, Priscilla Perez Torres, who were both on track to graduate from Northeastern University in a few months, were with two others, all of […]

Boston marathon bombing survivor Victoria McGrath sadly lost her life in a freak accident in Dubai. McGrath, a student at Northeastern University, was involved in a fatal car accident in Dubai with a fellow classmate. According to NBC News, McGrath’s mother sadly confirmed the news in a statement to the outlet. “We are stunned, shocked […]

Update: Watertown will not be the location for the the shootout scene in Patriots’ Day, according to Boston’s WBZ local news. The residents on Laurel Street, the scene of the shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers, were sent fliers asking if they would have a problem with the film reenacting the scene on location. Watertown residents, […]

Joanna Leigh is now admitting to scamming people after the Boston Marathon bombing. CNN shared that Leigh actually faked being a victim during the 2013 bombing. Joanna Leigh actually said that she was a victim in the bombing, but that was not true at all. Leigh was able to get over $40,000 from private donors […]

Joanna Leigh, a Massachusetts woman who claimed she suffered a serious brain injury during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, plead guilty on Friday to scamming the public and charitable organizations out of approximately $40,000. Leigh, 41, of Jamaica Plain in Boston, plead guilty to five counts of larceny over $250 and making a false claim […]

Joanna Leigh received free dermatology treatment as a victim of the Boston Marathon bombings back in 2013. Leigh claimed to have been a victim of the attacks, and was one of many who were treated for facial scarring or dermatological issues following the bombings. She also claimed to have become brain damaged, lost hearing and […]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber, feels that his trial was sabotaged because jurors were not impartial when arranging him in Boston earlier in the year. On Monday, Tsarnaev’s defense layer said in a court filing that Tsarnaev deserves a new trial in a new location where jurors will be impartial. According to CBS, the […]

Boston EMS, which stands for Boston Emergency Medical Services, is the latest TV show that ABC is rolling out this weekend. ABC illustrates an ongoing ability to provide viewers with the most exciting programming, and judging by their summer lineup, they haven’t disappointed. Boston EMS comes on the heels of ABC’s other show, Save My […]

Dzhokar Tsarnaev, better known as the Boston Marathon Bomber, is returning to court on Wednesday morning. There he will be formally sentenced for his role in planting bombs that injured nearly 300 people during the 2013 Boston Marathon. Informally, he was given the death penalty for his role in the act of terrorism on American […]

On May 15, Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of three, and injuring of more than 260 at the 2013 Boston Marathon. While the many people rejoiced at the sentencing, and some disagreed with the death penalty, there are those who stand behind Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. One of […]

The verdict is in, and the Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will be put to death for setting off explosives at the Boston marathon. Some say his cold, emotionless reaction to the death sentence is the same icy stare that got him convicted in the first place. But victims of the Boston bomber and their families […]

Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death today by a federal jury for the 2013 attacks at the Boston Marathon that left four people dead. Tsarnaev, along his older brother Tamerlan (who was killed after Dzhokhar drove over him while trying to ram into police), planted and detonated two pressure-cooker bombs near the finish […]

On Friday, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that killed three and injured 260. While he awaits his death by lethal injection, it is likely he will spend his days on death row at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to CNN, Tsarnaev must be formally sentenced […]

According to the Huffington Post, the Boston Marathon runner who has been searching for the stranger she kissed on a dare got some news. But she didn’t hear from the mystery man. Instead, she heard from his wife. Barbara Tatge says her daughter had dared her to kiss a random, good-looking man as she ran […]

The Boston bomber cries and wipes tears from his face, showing the first sign of emotion since his trial for the Boston Marathon bombings began. According to MSN, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev couldn’t hold back his tears when his aunt (his mother’s sister) took the witness stand on Monday. The defense called Patimat Suleimanova up to testify […]

According to the Huffington Post, a Tennessee woman who ran her first Boston Marathon on April 20 is looking for the stranger she kissed on a dare. Why would a woman kiss a stranger? Barbara Tatge says her daughter, Paige, dared her to kiss a random, good-looking man. Then she took a picture of them […]

Michael Rossi says he knows Rydal Elementary School’s policy states that family vacations are considered “unexcused absences,” but when he and his wife Cindy took their children on a family vacation to the Boston Marathon and he received a letter from the school’s principal, Rochelle Marbury, he says it rubbed him the wrong way. Instead […]

Mike Rossi, a husband and father in Pennsylvania, delivered a priceless response to a letter sent to him and his wife by their kids’ school’s principal. According to his Facebook post, the letter was in reference to a recent vacation that the Rossi family enjoyed this month, which led to his two kids (Jack and […]

Orange Is The New Black star Uzo Aduba, AKA Crazy Eyes, made her hometown proud on Monday as she finished the Boston Marathon in just over 5 hours.The Boston University graduate wanted to use her track and field experience for a cause close to her heart. That cause would be cancer awareness. The 33-year-old ran […]

Two years ago, Rebekah Gregory stood near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, cheering on her mother-in-law, when the two bombs exploded. The bombs, set off by Chechen-American brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, took the lives of three people, and injured over 260 more. One of those injured during the 2013 Boston Marathon attack […]

The 2015 Boston Maraton is well underway, and security in and around Boston is very high. According to AOL News, Boston police and the Massachusetts State Police have beefed up security at the marathons following the 2013 bombings. While security was higher than normal in 2014, this year police have been particularly mindful of the […]

The 2015 Boston Marathon will be live streaming online on April 20 for those who can’t attend the 119th running of the world’s oldest annual marathon. CBS reports that runners will face a cool, rainy day on Marathon Monday, but it won’t stop more than one million spectators from cheering them on as they cross […]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s mother says that the U.S. “will pay” after a jury convicted her son on 30 separate counts this week. According to the New York Daily News, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wrote a rant of epic proportions that was published online by Vocativ. Defending her son, and bashing America, Tsarnaeva didn’t hold back. “But, you know, […]

Joanna Leigh claims she was at the Boston Marathon back in April, 2013, and says that she was injured in the blasts that took three lives and injured hundreds of others. According to CBS Local Boston, Leigh has collected money from the One Fund, and other funding sources, but prosecutors say that she was never […]

The Boston Marathon Bombing trial begins today, with opening arguments in the trial of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev getting underway at 9 a.m. in Boston. For trial watchers hoping to get a peek inside the federal courtroom in Boston, WBUR reports that no cameras (video or otherwise) are allowed in the courtrooms on federal cases. Twitter […]

Boston Marathon victims Rebekah Gregory, 27, and Pete DiMartino, 30, have decided to separate after being married for less than one year. According to the New York Daily News, both Gregory and DiMartino were badly injured in the 2013 blasts. Gregory made the decision to amputate her right leg after over one dozen surgeries failed […]

The great blizzard mystery of 2015 has been solved. A photograph taken of a mystery person shoveling the Boston Marathon finish line during the blizzard sparked interest all over the Internet, and now the shoveler’s identity has been revealed. Philip L. Hillman spotted the person shoveling the finish line during Tuesday’s blizzard from his hotel […]

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has arrived at federal court. The Thursday court appearance was the first such court hearing scheduled for the accused Boston bomber in 17 months. Boston federal courthouse security was reportedly enhanced significantly before arrival of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Jury selection in the Boston bombing trial is expected to being on January […]

Boston Marathon amputee Roseann Sdoia ran her first 5K after being severely injured in the 2013 terror attack. According to Yahoo! News, Sdoia participated in the race in Lowell (Massachusetts) after training for several months. Fitted with a prosthetic leg, Sdoia was able to participate in the 5K, though she admitted that it wasn’t easy. […]

Ailina Tsarnaev, sister of the Boston Marathon Bombing brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was arrested in New York City Wednesday for making an alleged bomb threat. The Tsarnaev sister, 24, was booked for aggravated harassment following the reported bomb threat believed to be made to a woman over the phone on Monday. CNN reports that […]

Jury selection is scheduled to begin this morning for one of the three Boston Marathon bombing suspects friends charged with obstructing an investigation. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the brothers accused of detonating a deadly bomb at the Boston Marathon in 2013, reportedly had three friends at his University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth dorm dispose of […]

Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the suspects in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, asked a federal judge on Wednesday for a change of venue. In filing their request, they cited a survey conducted last month in Massachusetts that showed “an overwhelming presumption of guilt” and a view that the death penalty was the appropriate […]

The FBI had great fears that Boston bombers, Chechen brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerian Tsarnaev, received training from a terrorist group. This information has come out of the current trial that’s going on. Prosecutors are currently seeking the death penalty for one of the bombers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and have suggested that at the time of […]

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wasn’t treated properly by the FBI following his capture for killing and maiming Boston Marathon runners and spectators say his lawyers in their latest attempt to defend the indefensible. “Cry me a river,” is probably what’s on the minds of the families of bombing victims, but for Tsarnaev and his obviously shameless defense […]

The Boston Marathon has not seen an American Man win since 1983. But that changed today when Meb Keflezighi battled two Kenyans late in the race, was able to hold them off, and bring home the victory. This Boston Marathon victory is Meb Keflezighi’s third career marathon win. He took the TCS New York City […]

A new image released by ABC News shows the bullet-riddled anti-American rant allegedly scrawled by alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the inside wall of a boat as he hid from authorities during a manhunt last April. The image shows a piece of the boat sullied with two bloody marks and a message to […]

Alabamian Randy Lyle was so close to the finish line at the Boston Marathon last year, just a half-mile from the goal, when he and other runners were stopped because of the bombing. But he is going back to Boston this year, resolved to finish what he started. He is among the thousands returning to […]

Two unattended backpacks have been found near the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street. Police have evacuated the area and have confirmed that a suspect is in custody via Twitter. #BPDPublicSafetyAlert: #BPD confirming a male suspect in custody in connection to the unattended backpacks found at the Finish Line. — Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) […]

A couple from the Boston bombing April 15, 2013 have found their happy ending in each other. Rebekah Gregory and Pete DiMartino got married in a fairytale setting at the gorgeous 19th-century Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. The couple won a free wedding from TheKnot.com. What a wonderful surprise for a couple who have been […]