Phil Mattingly
Obama calls Hagel ‘exemplary’ as defense chief to step down
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down from his post after 21 months in office amid tension with the White House...
Republicans pitch short debt-cap increase with shutdown in place
WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders proposed a short-term increase in the debt ceiling that would continue the government shutdown and reduce the prospects for...
Wall Street leaders to meet with Obama as budget crisis looms
WASHINGTON - The chief executives of large banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will meet with President Barack Obama this week as Wall Street...
BofA lied to investors about mortgage-bond risks, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON -- Bank of America Corp. was sued by the U.S. for allegedly hiding risks from investors in a 2008 deal for $850 million...
Bomb suspect said to tell investigators brothers acted alone
BOSTON - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has communicated to investigators that he and his older brother alone were responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings and motivated...
Marathon suspect accused of using weapon of mass destruction
BOSTON – A wounded 19-year-old man was charged by the United States with the bombing of the Boston Marathon, which killed three people, injured...
Boston Marathon bomb suspect charged by U.S.
BOSTON - A wounded 19-year-old man was charged by the U.S. in connection with the bombing of the Boston Marathon, which turned the race...
Police continue search for 19-year-old Boston Marathon bomb suspect
BOSTON - Police locked down the Boston area and searched house-to-house for a suspect in the marathon bombing after a second suspect, his older...
Boston bomb victim in iconic photo helped identify suspects
BOSTON - Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.
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Boston probe said focused on person dropping bag at bomb site
BOSTON – Investigators are focusing on a person seen dropping a black bag near the site of the Boston Marathon bombing as they assemble...