JERUSALEM–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2013.  SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL:  Thank you.  Good afternoon.  First, I thank you for accompanying my visit here to this important, inspirational, beautiful institution.  I have brought my son, Ziller, with me on this trip.  And I particularly wanted him to accompany me here for this experience.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2013. On Monday, an act of terror wounded dozens and killed three innocent people at the Boston Marathon. But in the days since, the world has witnessed one sure and steadfast truth: Americans refuse to be terrorized. Ultimately, that’s what we’ll remember from this week.  That’s what[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  Good evening. I’m Rick DesLauriers, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division. It seems like many months since Monday, April 15, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings. Yet, it has merely been five days since the tragic explosions that took three lives, critically[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013 – 10:05 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening.  Tonight our nation is in debt to the people of Boston and the people of Massachusetts.  After a vicious attack on their city, Bostonians responded with resolve and determination.  They did their part as citizens and partners in[Read More…]

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev has been captured. (Photo: FBI) Boston, MA-(ENEWSPF)- The news came via Twitter from the Boston Police Department, "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody." From the Chicago Sun-Times: A 19-year-old college[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  SECRETARY KERRY:  Good morning, everybody. Before we begin (cough) – excuse me, allergy season. Before we begin, I just want to say that, as a father and a grandfather, my thoughts are, of course, in my hometown right now, Boston, where events are still unfolding and[Read More…]

(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Campus patrol officer, a resident of Somerville, Mass., had worked at MIT since 2012 CAMBRIDGE–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  MIT has identified the police officer killed in the line of duty on Thursday evening as Patrol Officer Sean A. Collier, 26, of Somerville, Mass. Collier had served as a member[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013. Dzhokar Tsarnaev may be driving a 1999 four-door, green Honda Civic with Massachusetts license plates reading 116GC7. View Wanted Poster Source: fbi.gov  

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  A new image of Dzhokar Tsarnaev, age 19, previously identified as Suspect 2 in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, has been released.   Dzhokar Tsarnaev, age 19 | Higher resolution Source: fbi.gov  

CAMBRIDGE–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013. [UPDATE 6:32 a.m.: MIT has cancelled classes today; following state guidance, MIT also urges employees not to come to campus today. The MBTA is currently suspended system-wide and officials are encouraging Greater Boston residents to shelter in place.] MIT is heartbroken by the news that an MIT[Read More…]