That Was the Week from Hell

Psychiatrist: The pace ‘doesn't allow for processing’

2013-04-22

Todd Leopold CNN

What else can you say? Other events -- the gun legislation shot down by Congress, the Midwestern storms that flooded Chicago, the Venezuelan election, the discovery of possible life-supporting planets -- became mere blips among the more powerful pulse of the tragedies. Read the complete article

Poll: Americans Not Revved Up Over Increased Gas Taxes

According to the poll, Democrats and westerners are slightly more willing to vote to increase the gas tax

2013-04-22

CNN Political Unit

(CNN) -- Two-thirds of Americans would oppose a law in their state that would increase the gas tax to help pay for road and bridge repairs, according to a new national poll. Read the complete article

VIDEO Texan Town Tries to Rebuild with Community, Spirituality

Authorities are letting evacuated townspeople return to their damaged homes

2013-04-22

Todd Sperry CNN

WEST, Texas (CNN) -- One by one, the beleaguered townspeople of West, Texas, filed into local churches Sunday to begin the healing process, following last week's deadly blast at the nearby West Fertilizer Co. plant. Read the complete article

Bombing Suspect Captured and in Custody in Boston

2013-04-19

CNN

Law enforcement officials erupted in cheers in Watertown, Masssachusetts, on Friday night -- moments before Boston police tweeted that the lone remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was in custody. Read the complete article

West Texas Blast Death Toll Rises To 14

VIDEO: Town comes together to pray for victims and comfort one another

2013-04-19

By Faith Karimi CNN

  The death toll has risen to 14 after an explosion at a Texas fertilizer factory, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jason Reyes told reporters on Friday. Search and rescue efforts in the area are continuing Read the complete article

VIDEO Boston Bombing Manhunt: Investigators Find Explosives

Police have covered 60 to 70 percent of Watertown in search

2013-04-19

By Michael Pearson and Chelsea J. Carter CNN

A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was on the run Friday as thousands of law enforcement authorities cast a wide net that virtually shut down the Massachusetts capital amid warnings the man was possibly armed with explosives Read the complete article

VIDEO: Picture Emerges of Bombing Suspects Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Those who knew them are shocked saying they saw no clues

2013-04-19

By Deborah Feyerick and Tom Watkins CNN

Profiles of Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, who came to the United States at ages 20 and 8. people who knew them are shocked, say they saw no clues Read the complete article

VIDEO: Police Issue Vehicle Alert in Boston Bombing Manhunt

Latest updates: Boston still locked down as police go door-to-door

2013-04-19

CNN

Connecticut State Police have issued an alert for another vehicle, saying a suspect in the Boston Marathon attack now could be in a 1999 green Honda Civic with Massachusetts license plate number 116 GC7 Read the complete article

VIDEO: Woman's Death in Ireland Abortion Case Ruled Medical Misadventure

Her husband says Savita Halappanavar endured a barbaric medical failure

2013-04-19

By Peter Taggart and Laura Smith-Spark CNN

The death of Savita Halappanavar who died after a miscarriage in an Irish hospital was the result of medical misadventure Read the complete article

VIDEO: Pakistani court Puts Former President Musharraf on House Arrest

2013-04-19

By Jethro Mullen. Nic Robertson and Nasir Habib CNN

A day after he made a swift exit from an Islamabad court when a judge revoked his bail, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf appeared before a magistrate on Friday and was formally placed under house arrest. Read the complete article