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Woman injured in 1993 WTC bombing finally gets her cash
A woman who nearly died in the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center will finally get the $5.4 million a jury awarded her after a 21-year legal battle...
$115K reward offered in unsolved 2008 Times Square bombing
Authorities have identified several “persons of interest” in the 2008 bombing of the Times Square military recruiting station — and on Wednesday boosted the reward for information that cracks the...
Weather Underground bomber unmasked — as city schoolteacher
The “bomb guru” for the terrorist group the Weather Underground never served a day in jail — but he did spend decades teaching in New York City classrooms, a new...
Bomb explodes outside NAACP office in Colorado
A homemade bomb exploded outside the offices of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP civil rights group on Tuesday, authorities said, but a gasoline can placed next to the...
Father of Norway's worst mass murderer blames himself
The dad of Norway’s most notorious mass murderer blames himself for his son’s monstrous acts, writing in an upcoming book that he was a bad, absentee father. Anders Behring Breivik...
Syrian rebels claim massive Aleppo hotel bombing
BEIRUT — A rebel-claimed bombing Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo leveled a hotel that government troops used as a military base, along with several other buildings in...
Suspect in custody after Boston Marathon route evacuation
A man in a black dress with huge black back pack prompted Boston police to evacuate the area near the Boston Marathon finish line after he barged toward the area...
3 deadly bombs target police at Cairo University
CAIRO — Three bombs exploded Wednesday outside Cairo University's main campus, hitting riot police deployed against near daily protests by Islamist students, killing a police general and wounding seven others,...
Islamist group threatens Olympic tourists with new attacks
MOSCOW - An Islamic militant group said in a video posted online that it was behind two suicide bombings that killed at least 34 people last month in the Russian...
Melissa Mark-Viverito backed FALN bomber of Fraunces Tavern
The son of a man killed 38 years ago in the infamous FALN bombing of Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan says he’s incensed that Melissa Mark-Viverito — who lobbied for...
Palestinian diplomat killed after moving 'booby-trapped' safe box
PRAGUE — The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died Wednesday in a blast that occurred when he opened an old safe that had been left untouched for more than...
Second bomb blast rocks Volgograd
MOSCOW — A suicide bomber killed 14 people aboard an electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd during the Monday morning rush hour, and authorities believe it was...
Christmas day bombings kill at least 37 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday. In one attack, a car bomb went...
Powerful explosion kills 14 near Egyptian police station
CAIRO — A powerful explosion believed to be caused by a car bomb rocked a police headquarters in a Nile Delta city north of Cairo early Tuesday, killing at least...
Bomb explodes on Tel Aviv bus
JERUSALEM — A pipe bomb believed to have been planted by Palestinian militants exploded Sunday on board a bus in Israel just moments after it had been evacuated, police said,...
Iraq terror attacks kill 34 Shiite pilgrims
BAGHDAD — A double car bombing and a shooting killed 34 Shiite Muslims on pilgrimage in Iraq on Monday, the deadliest in a wave of attacks across the country that...
Judge may use 2 juries in 1998 embassy bombings trial
He’s not with us! Two suspects in the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania may get a separate jury when they are tried along with terror-loving...
NYC Marathon returns after Sandy cancellation
The New York City Marathon returned in grand style on Sunday, with a record number of runners pounding Gotham payment in memory of loved ones lost during these heartbreaking past...
Judge tosses ‘terror’ lawyer’s claim in embassy bombing case
An Egyptian lawyer's statements under questioning by British authorities about the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa will be allowed as evidence at a US trial that could...
Bomb victim's son hails City College for closing student center
The son of a Manhattan banker killed in the 1975 Fraunces Tavern bombing hailed City College’s weekend move to finally close a student center named after the bomb-maker. “It’s absolutely...