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President Putin has long warned the U.S. of a Chechen link to terrorism. The Russian president would like to coordinate intelligence efforts, but there may be too much mutual distrust. Read More

Suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, placed an explosive near the marathon finish line before calmly walking away, according to details in a FBI criminal complaint filed Monday. Read More

In a controversial resolution released Friday, the Boy Scouts of America proposed lifting its ban on gay Scouts while continuing to prohibit gay adult leaders. Read More

Monday afternoon, the nation will mark the moment when the first of two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon with a moment of silence. Read More

Around the world, air pollution claims 3.2 million lives each year. Soot is the main culprit, and the Obama administration is taking overdue steps to control it. Read More

If you put your backpack down in lower Manhattan and walk away, a "smart" camera may focus in on it. New York City's top cop explains how the city's surveillance cameras help authorities investigate potential threats. Read More

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, will face charges that he used IEDs to kill three people and injure more than 200 at the Boston Marathon; he could face the death penalty. Officials said he indicated that he and his brother had acted alone, using bomb-making instructions they found on the web. Read More

The suspect would be tried in a civilian court once the interrogation was over, King added. Over the weekend, Rep. Peter King also urged authorities to beef up their surveillance of Muslims in the U.S. following the Boston Marathon attack. Read More

Smart policies will be key to meeting the defining challenge of the next generation—how to sustainably provide billions of people with reliable, affordable, secure access to energy. Read More

Since Trump’s rant, federal officials said that Tsarnaev was beginning to respond to questions from investigators in writing. Read More

For months, conservative opponents of immigration reform have been looking for ways to slow down the process—with little success. The Boston bombings might have given them a new angle. Read More

There are many ways to involve kids in conservation efforts. Read More

Locking down more than a million residents in their homes during the manhunt for the remaining bombing suspect was "the right decision" to prevent more deaths, the commissioner said. Read More

The former president was awarded GLAAD's first Advocate for Change Award this weekend for supporting the overturn of the Defense of Marriage Act. Read More

The world will officially celebrate the 43rd Earth Day on Monday, but events and activities have been occurring all over the world - and will continue through the end of the month - to raise awareness about the environment. Read More

The cleanup continues from an oil spill in Mayflower, Ark., and a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, but little is being done to prevent similar disasters from occurring elsewhere. Read More

The High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) will question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev when he's well enough to speak with authorities. Read More

The Justice Department had said it had held off on the warnings—which protect suspects from coercive questions—outof fear that the public was still in danger. Read More

Unlike in the Boston bombing case where federal agencies quickly sprang to action and lawmakers talked about the legislative implications, the response to Newtown can be described as inaction. Read More

While details are still emerging, it seems increasingly unlikely that the brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were acting for a specifically Chechen cause. Rather, their profile fits the model of self-radicalized terrorists. Read More