boston marathon

Get ready to lace up those running shoes.   The Tri-Cities Marathon is a 26.2-mile long race that also serves as a qualifier for the famed Boston Marathon. The race will start at 7:30 on the 29th at the Riverfront Hotel in Richland and then will head over to Pasco and wind back towards Kennewick before ending in Richland. The...

Kenny Chesney is establishing the Spread the Love Fund, working with BMC to help those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.

A massive manhunt that spanned several Boston communities has come to an end with Boston police announcing that 19-year-old Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, has been captured.

6:55 AM ET:  The AP is reporting that the suspects are from Chechnya, and have lived in the US for at least one year. The surviving Boston bomb suspect has been identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Ma. NBC News is reporting that both suspects are brothers. Sources say that the men may have military experience, according to law enforcement officials. 6:30 AM ET: CNN is reporting that

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Police have converged on a neighborhood outside Boston where there were reports of explosives being detonated and police are telling reporters to turn off their cell phones. Dozens of officers and National Guard members are in Watertown, where television outlets report that gunfire and explosions have been heard...

BOSTON (AP) — The FBI has released photos of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and is asking for the public's help in identifying them. FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers says one of the suspects is believed to have planted a device outside a restaurant near the finish line of the race...

BOSTON (AP) — Police and reporters have converged on the federal courthouse in Boston -- amid conflicting reports on whether a suspect is in custody in the bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 170 at the Boston Marathon...

Authorities have been shy about explaining their investigation or who they suspect was involved. Irresponsible rumors have already been unleashed. So far, no one has been arrested. Here's what we know right now:

9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts. CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported

The Boston Marathon has confirmed that the explosions were in fact bombs, though everyone is still unclear on exactly what happened. We do not know who set them off.