Boston Marathon Bombing

Masha Gessen talks about reporting from Dagestan to Boston, following the Tsarnaev family, and how their immigrant story departs from her own.

It’s hard to be a Toronto Blue Jays fan, and now it’s even harder just to get in the stadium to watch a game. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Major League Baseball is directing all of its teams, including Toronto, to tighten security at entrances.

In her new book The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy, Masha Gessen says no single event explains the brothers’ transition. But she looks for clues in Tamerlan’s unstable early years.

A jury has found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction in the Boston Marathon bombings. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured when the bombs exploded at the finish line in April 2013. The jury will now decide whether Tsarnaev receives a life sentence or the death penalty.

Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial heard testimony on Friday from Dun Meng, who made a dramatic escape after his car was hijacked by bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.