James Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss., and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home in connection with the sending of poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and others on April…
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By Gillian Mohney 5-year-old Gus Dorman has already memorized the periodic table of elements. (Photo courtesy of Robert Dorman) Most parents believe their child is the smartest kid in the class, but when Robert Dorman says this, he’s likely right. His…
The brothers Tsarnaev had plans to drive to New York in their carjacked Mercedes and explode their remaining bombs last Thursday, but their plans went off track when the owner of the car they stole made an escape, the New…
The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office is trying to determine if a body pulled from a river is missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi, who was erroneously linked on social media to the Boston bombings last week. An autopsy is being…
Boston Bomb Suspect Eyed in Connection to 2011 Triple Murder This April 15, 2013 photo provided by Bob Leonard shows third from left, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was dubbed Suspect No. 1 and second from left, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, who was…
The educational testing mania that has gripped the country over the past decade has bared a lethal truth: we are terrible at learning history. As a teacher of that subject, I have seen it become devalued as the focus on…
Wow, America’s Sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon, was arrested last Friday for disorderly conduct in Atlanta, Ga. Reese Witherspoon and her husband, Jim Toth, were pulled over early Friday, April 19, 2013 for suspected drunk driving. Jim Toth was driving the vehicle…
It has been reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Suspect #2, is awake, in stable condition, and responding to questions through writing. Tsarnaev is recovering from wounds at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where earlier on Sunday, law officials claimed that…
Here it comes. Immediately after one of the most harrowing, frightening, wierdly compelling and sweat-inducing weeks in our recent history, the political backlash is rearing its ugly head. It’s emotional and knee-jerk and patently American. First up is the argument…
The world as we know it has changed or should I say within the United States anyway. Periodically and without warning – as Americans go about their daily routines – of work, weekend fun and scheduled family activities, terror strikes…
At the Cambridge mosque near where the bombing suspects lived, two worshipers who showed up for Saturday’s prayer service recalled seeing both men. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was thrown out of the mosque — the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center —…
A man hailed as a hero of the Boston bombings who had lost both legs in the blast is now facing a pile of medical bills, but thanks to the power of the web, he will not be left in…