Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
FILE - This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for carrying out the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. The most prominent step on the death penalty by an administration led by a president who pledged during campaigning to eradicate capital punishment came this week when it asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence. (FBI via AP, File)
Biden's silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray

By Michael Tarm Jun. 18, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

FILE— In this Monday April 15, 2013 file photograph, emergency workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following two explosions in Boston. Boston is marking eight years since the bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon killed three people and injured scores of others. Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Thursday, April 15, 2021, paid a noontime visit to the downtown memorial marking the bombing site. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Boston marks 8 years since marathon bombing that killed 3

Apr. 15, 2021 06:17 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 15, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2021. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - This Aug. 26, 2020 file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Inmates on federal death row tell The Associated Press that a leading topic of conversation through airducts they use to communicate is whether President Joe Biden will keep a campaign pledge to halt federal executions. Biden hasn’t spoken publicly to that question since taking office four days after the Trump administration executed the last of 13 inmates at the Terre Haute prison where federal death row is located. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions

By Michael Tarm Mar. 22, 2021 06:04 AM EDT

Christina Bollo of Urbana, Illinois, holds a sign as she protests the execution of Corey Johnson, near the Federal Correctional Complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty

By Michael Tarm Feb. 07, 2021 07:45 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 12:33 PM EST
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Jan. 13 The Daily News on Boston Marathon bomber...

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photo, an image of veteran Constance "Kandy" Pinard is projected onto the home she grew up in with her sister, Tammy Petrowicz, left, and brothers, Paul, center, and Brian Driscoll in Florence, Mass. Pinard, a nurse in the U.S. Air Force and resident of the Soldier's Home in Holyoke, Mass., died from the COVID-19 virus at the age of 73. The coronavirus pandemic was Massachusetts' top story of 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines

By William J. Kole Dec. 28, 2020 09:02 AM EST

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photos, a Salvation Army worker, center, wears a mask and gloves out of concern for the coronavirus while distributing food to a person, right, also wearing a mask, in Chelsea, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Beyond COVID-19: Politics, legal news grabbed 2020 headlines

By William J. Kole Dec. 21, 2020 08:49 AM EST

FILE - This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. Attorney General William Barr says the Justice Department will seek to reinstate the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (FBI via AP, File)
AP Exclusive: Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber

By Michael Balsamo And Alanna Durkin Richer Aug. 20, 2020 06:47 PM EDT

Sen. Edward Markey, left, D-Mass., debates challenger Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., in the final debate leading up to the Democratic primary, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Needham, Mass. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
US Sen. Markey, US Rep. Kennedy clash again in final debate

By Steve Leblanc Aug. 18, 2020 03:54 PM EDT

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and President Donald Trump listen as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a roundtable discussion on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Trump visiting Florida during a pandemic, hurricane threat

By Kevin Freking And Aamer Madhani Jul. 31, 2020 02:37 PM EDT