The trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can stay in Massachusetts, a US appeal court has ruled.

Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment against their client or suspend his trial, saying there are not enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool.

Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment against their client or suspend his trial, saying there are not enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool.

Potential jurors stared intently at Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as jury selection in his federal death penalty trial began under tight security.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court today for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013.

An American photographer based in Vermont, USA has published a book featuring images of the Irish landscape to raise funds for survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing. 

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking heroin and possessing an illegal handgun in connection with the April 2013 bombings.

A college friend was convicted of trying to protect Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by agreeing with another friend to get rid of items they took from his room three days after the attack.

A recently indicted friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been ordered to be detained without bail, because his lawyer cannot find him a place to live if he were released.

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Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked a judge to make prosecutors turn over family-related evidence as they try to build a case that his older brother was the “main instigator” of the deadly attack.

Federal prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev over the Boston Marathon bombing.

A panicked groom who staged a bomb hoax on his wedding day so his bride would not find out he bungled the booking has been jailed for 12 months.

Wedding jitters are a fairly common occurrence, but this bizarre news story from the UK puts the usual worries in a whole new light.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his arm in a cast and his face swollen, pleaded not guilty in his first appearance in public since his capture in mid-April.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 counts including use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill.

Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has recovered enough to walk, according to his mother.

Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the US government would be behind them “every step of the way”.

A Chechen immigrant shot dead in Florida after a confrontation with an FBI agent had ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, and was being questioned at the time of the shooting.

A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case yesterday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said.

An FBI agent has shot dead a suspect who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston marathon bombing.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has laid a wreath at the memorial to those killed or injured in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will receive an honorary doctorate at Boston College next Monday.

A new lawyer for the widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev says his client will co-operate with investigators.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, police said after a frustrating week-long search for a community willing to take the body.

President Barack Obama is defending the FBI’s handling of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation as Republicans prepare for oversight hearings on the attack.

Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of kilometres to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands.

The lawyer overseeing the Boston Marathon bombings victims’ fund says the families of three people who died could each receive well over $1m (€760,000).

Relatives of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said yesterday.

A leading anti-death penalty lawyer who has managed to get life sentences for several high-profile criminals has joined the defence team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she is not a terrorist.

It’s like a mad extension of that “mistakes” and “bad choices” scenario.

The Boston Marathon bombing suspects had some training in carrying out their attack, according to the chairman of the US House Homeland Security Committee.

The two men accused of carrying out last week’s bombing of the Boston Marathon planned a second bomb attack on New York’s Times Square, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday.

The Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square, New York City officials have said.

The US government added the name of the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect to a terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, officials say.

Brian Womack reports on the fallout from AP’s feed being hacked, sending markets briefly tumbling.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was yesterday charged by federal prosecutors in his hospital room with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence.

As the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing lay in hospital under heavy guard, the American Civil Liberties Union and a federal public defender raised concerns about investigators’ plan to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without reading him his rights.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was still in hospital this morning, in a serious condition and under heavy guard.

The enhanced police presence for tomorrow’s London Marathon will remain in place despite the death and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Scotland Yard said today.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been captured alive and is in police custody, it has been confirmed.

The suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon bombing is in a boat stored in a Watertown neighbourhood, a law enforcement official says.

In May of 2011, Dzhokhar A Tsarnaev, then a senior at a top high school, was awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to pursue higher education.