Deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon this week rattled a city and left its people shaken but not broken as the first major act of domestic terrorism since 9/11 arrived on the streets of Boston. The citizens of Greater Boston headed into the weekend on edge, newly released from an order to remain in their homes after learning the meaning Friday of “shelter in place.” One bombing suspect was killed overnight Thursday and another – 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev – was at large and described as very dangerous after a 200-round shootout and explosive confrontation with Continue reading >>>

As victims of the Boston Marathon bomb blasts were rushed to Boston trauma centers, spectators and runners with less serious injuries headed home to seek treatment at hospitals across Greater Boston. “About an hour or so after is when we started to see people coming in,” said Dr. Patrick Stevens, an emergency room doctor at Salem Hospital. Public health officials, who initially said about 180 people were injured by the explosions, revised the figures this week to more than 260 who sought treatment at more than two dozen hospitals. Salem Hospital and Beverly Hospital combined saw nine Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after the Sept. 11 attacks that failure to share intelligence may have contributed to last week’s deadly assault.   Following a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill with the FBI and other law enforcement officials on Tuesday, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said it doesn’t appear yet that anyone “dropped the ball.” Continue reading >>>

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Boston-based civil liberties attorney Harvey Silverglate told Reason.com he is very troubled by the measures taken by law enforcement officials during the manhunt for alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His views contrasted greatly with what this reporter came across during dozens of man-on-the-street interviews conducted across the greater Boston area last week, where residents voiced overwhelming support for the actions of local, state, and federal officials. “It was only after people were allowed out of their houses did somebody spot the guy, proving that Continue reading >>>

Boston public health officials said Tuesday they have revised downward their estimate of the number of people injured in the marathon attacks, to 264. A spokesman for the Boston Public Health Commission had said Monday that state health officials had counted 282 people who were injured and treated at Greater Boston hospitals, as of Saturday. Why did the number decrease? “It turns out that we had double-counted some patients that were transferred from one hospital to another, so we reviewed our spreadsheets and cleaned up the duplicates,” said Nick Martin, the commission spokesman. Continue Continue reading >>>