Young Irish dancers come together to honor Boston victim
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The nation was heartbroken by the death of the youngest victim in the Boston Marathon bombings -- eight-year-old Martin Richard.Richard's sister, Jane and her mother were severely injured when two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.Jane lost her leg as a result of the bombings, and the little girl had just taken up Irish dancing.In Milwaukee on Saturday night, April 27th, some young dancers held an event to honor Jane at Dominican High School.Some of the proceeds from Saturday's event will benefit the Richards family.
Boston Magazine cover shows city's heart
(CNN) -- "We will finish the race."That's the simple but resilient statement framed by dozens of running shoes forming the shape of a heart on the cover of Boston Magazine's May cover.Design director Brian Struble and deputy design director Liz Noftle came up with the idea on April 15, the night after the Boston Marathon bombing shook the city -- and nation -- just a few blocks away from the magazine's offices near Copley Square.The staff decided to scrap the magazine's previously planned May cover, and with the new concept in hand utilized social media and personal connections to ask runners who took part in the marathon for their shoes.With each pair of shoes came a story, which the staff packaged into a feature called "The Shoes We Wore." Only 15 stories would fit in the print issue; the rest will live online."Every pair became precious," said editor-in-chief John Wolfson.On Thursday, Struble packed his car with 120 pairs of colorful sneakers and drove to New York so photographer Mitchell Feinberg could bring the concept to life."Everyone on staff came together to make this happen," Noftle told CNN's Jake Tapper and Brooke Baldwin.Wolfson explained on the magazine's website that the cover is about "perseverance and unity.""By itself, each shoe in the photograph is tiny, battered, and ordinary.
Boston bombing suspects planned Times Square blasts
(CNN) -- The surviving suspect in the Boston bombings has told investigators he and his brother planned to bomb Times Square, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday."Last night we were informed by the FBI that the surviving attacker revealed that New York City was next on their list of targets," Bloomberg said.The two came up with the plan spontaneously after the Boston bombing, as they talked in an SUV they hijacked, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev initially told investigators that he and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, had talked about going to New York to "party." Then in a second round of questioning Sunday evening into Monday morning -- during which Kelly said the suspect was "a lot more lucid" than the first time he was interviewed -- he revealed they planned to use their remaining explosives there, Kelly announced.The plan "fell apart" when the SUV ran low on fuel in the Boston area and the Tsarnaevs ordered the driver to pull into a gas station, Kelly said.
Fundraising for Boston victims tops $26 million
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Fundraising campaigns for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings have raised more than $26 million and the donations continue to grow.More than 50,000 people and roughly 60 corporate donors have pledged more than $23.8 million to The One Fund Boston, which was set up by Massachusetts Gov.
How could the Boston suspect's wife not know?
(CNN) -- What's clear: Katherine Russell claims she was completely in the dark about her husband's alleged plan to bomb the Boston Marathon on April 15.What's unclear: How could she not know?Russell and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were married on June 21, 2010.
Suspects' mother shares doubts about Boston bombing
(CNN) -- The past week has been a devastating one for many families.
Father of Boston bomb suspects to fly from Russia to U.S.
(CNN) -- His older son's body remains unclaimed.
Diamond to donate 'Sweet Caroline' royalties to Boston
(CNN) -- Neil Diamond will donate royalties from his song "Sweet Caroline," which has been played at every Boston Red Sox home game for more than a decade, to the One Fund Boston, the singer said on Twitter on Wednesday.The song was downloaded more than 19,000 times this week, with sales up 597%, Neilsen SoundScan said.Diamond told Rolling Stone earlier this week that he will write a song about the bombings and other tragedies."I'm writing now and obviously affected by this situation in Boston, so I'm writing about it just to express myself," he told the magazine.Diamond was at Fenway Park on Saturday to lead the crowd in what has become a stadium tradition of singing the tune during the break in the eighth inning before the Sox come to bat."What an honor it is for me to be here today.
Zooey Deschanel gets an apology for caption mistake
(CNN) -- In the middle of the Boston Marathon bombing coverage last Friday, a closed captioning mistake added "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel to the conversation.Those who were watching Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox affiliate KDFW might've caught the closed captioning mishap.
Boston Marathon bombings investigation moves forward
(CNN) -- Here's the latest on what we know about the Boston bombings:-- The parents of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will fly to the United States on Thursday, Anzor Tsarnaev told Russian state news agency Ria Novosti on Wednesday.
Boston bombings case raises questions about post 9/11 intelligence
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Share and share alike was supposed to have been a lesson learned by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies from the 9/11 attacks almost 12 years ago.A new hierarchy was created to draw together all the work done by more than a dozen government organizations including the FBI, CIA and others.Now, the case of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has caused some members of Congress, almost all of them Republicans, to suggest continuing problems with what they refer to as stovepiping -- in essence, the failure of different agencies to share what they know."I think there's been some stovepipes reconstructed that were probably unintentional," GOP Sen.
Police: Boston bombing suspects may have planned NYC 'party'
(CNN) -- Dzkohkhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, allegedly had inflicted pain and carnage by detonating two bombs at the Boston Marathon's finish line.
Boston blasts site reopens as officials try to question suspects' parents
(CNN) -- Nine days after terrorists turned Boylston Street into a gruesome scene of carnage, the city of Boston is taking it back.Workers replaced missing bricks and patched up concrete just before opening the area to pedestrian traffic Wednesday morning.
Suspect's uncle: Friend in Cambridge 'brainwashed him'
(CNN) -- The evolution of Tamerlan Tsarnaev from aspiring Olympic boxer to apparent radical jihadist may have been influenced by a friend in Cambridge, Massachusetts."This person just took his brain.
Biden eulogizes slain MIT cop, says "terrorism as a weapon is losing"
(CNN) -- Terrorism is losing, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday in his eulogy for Sean Collier, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus cop who authorities say was killed by the suspected Boston Marathon bombers last week."We have suffered.
Russia apparently asked repeatedly about Tamerlan Tsarnaev
(CNN) -- Russia apparently contacted the FBI more than once about dead about Boston Marathon attack suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a Virginia lawmaker told CNN Wednesday.U.S. Rep.
MPD demonstrates technology used to capture Boston suspect
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Special infrared cameras helped Boston police confirm the Boston Marathon bombings suspect was hiding in a boat in Watertown, Massachusetts -- covered with a tarp.
Official: Suspect says Iraq, Afghanistan drove Boston bombings
(CNN) -- The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has cited the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as motivating factors behind last week's attack, a U.S. government official said Tuesday.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been able to communicate with investigators in a limited fashion from his hospital bed and told them that neither he nor his brother Tamerlan, now dead, had any contact with terrorist groups overseas.
Brown Deer High School students return from Boston
BROWN DEER (WITI) -- A group of students from Brown Deer High School were in Boston as two explosions rang out last Monday afternoon, April 15th during the Boston Marathon.
Boston bomb scene reopens to residents, business owners
(CNN) -- Eight days after twin bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon killed three, injured more than 260 and disrupted the normal routines of countless others, authorities slowly began allowing residents and business owners back into the area Tuesday.Those who live in the area and own businesses there were being allowed to stay, but there was no word on when the street where the bombings occurred will be once again fully open to the public.