Religious Divide, Poverty Drive Terrorist Back-And-Forth In Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria — Worshipers filed past sentries armed with automatic weapons and filtered through a line of shoulder-high concrete pylons before reaching the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nigeria. The pylons were installed in early 2012, after a car loaded with explosives rammed past the church compound’s main gate, killing four and sending dozens to […]

Nick Street
By Nick Street

JOS, Nigeria — Worshipers filed past sentries armed with automatic weapons and filtered through a line of shoulder-high concrete pylons before reaching the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nigeria. The pylons were installed in early 2012, after a car loaded with explosives rammed past the church compound’s main gate, killing four and sending

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The Usual $uspects: Chronic Fraud By US Defense Contractors

In 2009, the United States government filed a formal claim against Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman — two major defense contractors — in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in regard to alleged violations of the False Claims Act, according to leaked court documents. The Integrated Deepwater System Program (IDS Program or […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In 2009, the United States government filed a formal claim against Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman — two major defense contractors — in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in regard to alleged violations of the False Claims Act, according to leaked court documents. The Integrated Deepwater System Program (IDS Program or

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Authorities Say Bomb Suspects Planned NYC Attack

Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. The potentially deadly scheme fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. The potentially deadly scheme fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. "We don't know

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged Over Boston Bombing, Could Face Death Penalty

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Tsarnaev, 19, was accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring with his older brother to set off the two pressure-cooker bombs that sprayed […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Tsarnaev, 19, was accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring with his older brother to set off the two pressure-cooker bombs that sprayed shrapnel

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Feds Ask To Interview Wife Of Suspected Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal authorities have asked to speak with the wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and her lawyer said he is discussing with them how to proceed. Amato DeLuca told The Associated Press on Sunday that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev did not speak to federal officials who came to her parents’ home […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal authorities have asked to speak with the wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and her lawyer said he is discussing with them how to proceed. Amato DeLuca told The Associated Press on Sunday that Katherine Russell Tsarnaev did not speak to federal officials who came to her parents' home in North

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Manhunt In Boston: Surviving Suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev In Police Custody

BOSTON — Moments after investigators went before television cameras to broadcast photos of two men in ball caps wanted for the Boston Marathon bombing, queries from viewers started cascading in — 300,000 hits a minute that overwhelmed the FBI’s website. It marked a key turning point in a search that, for all the intensity of […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

BOSTON — Moments after investigators went before television cameras to broadcast photos of two men in ball caps wanted for the Boston Marathon bombing, queries from viewers started cascading in — 300,000 hits a minute that overwhelmed the FBI's website. It marked a key turning point in a search that, for all the intensity of its first 72 hours,

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