An Orlando man being questioned by the FBI about his relationship with the accused Boston bombers was shot and killed early Wednesday in a "violent confrontation" with authorities, the FBI said.
WESH-TV says the victim and a friend were questioned about bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
The suspect, Sgt. First Class Michael McClendon, sometimes videotaped West Point cadets when they were in the shower, officials said.
An FBI agent was involved in a deadly shooting connected to the Boston Marathon bombing case.The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, had been interviewed about his connections to the bombing suspects before by the FBI and started out cooperative, NBC sources said.The suspect then went to attack the agent and was shot, the sources said.The suspect is deceased, the FBI said.“We are currently...
A huge tornado with 200-m.p.h. (322 km/h) winds devastated the town of Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City, on Monday afternoon. At least 24 people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next month.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions.
Lawmakers expressed both anger and bewilderment that IRS leaders had not told Congress sooner about indications that the tax agency had improperly singled out conservatives and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status.A highly anticipated hearing by the top investigative committee in the Republican-controlled House delivered on the drama that was expected. Lois Lerner, the IRS official in...
It's not clear how or why two men attacked a man believed to be a British soldier in the London neighborhood of Woolwich, but U.K. officials are already investigating it as a possible act of terrorism.
A House committee dismissed the IRS official in charge of overseeing the division that took action to single out conservative groups seeking tax exempt status after she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights on Wednesday and refused to testify. Lois Lerner, the IRS director of exempt organizations who has become a center of controversy in the revelations that the tax agency had singled out...

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