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Girl injured in Boston Marathon bombings leaves hospital

Friday, May 24, 2013

BOSTON (AP) — The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was released from the hospital Thursday to begin rehabilitation. Her family said in a statement that Jane Richard, 7, whose left leg was amputated below the knee, was transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital after undergoing 12 surgeries and spending 39 days in the intensive care unit at Boston Children’s Hospital. “Today Jane is in … 0

FBI investigates fatal shooting of Ibragim Todashev during questioning about ties to Boston bombing suspects 

Thursday, May 23, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. — An FBI review team from Washington was in Orlando on Thursday investigating the death of Ibragim Todashev, the Central Florida man shot by an agent while being questioned about a triple murder in Massachusetts and his connection to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The review team will question witnesses who were at the Orlando condo when the shooting occurred early … 0

Massachusetts fugitive sentenced for decades-old rapes

Friday, May 24, 2013

DEDHAM — As Massachusetts fugitive Gary Irving started a new life, married and became a parent, a prosecutor said Thursday, none of the 16-year-old girls he raped in 1978 was ever able to do the same. Instead, they lived haunted lives, with one sleeping with a knife under her pillow for years, breaking … 0