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After a massive Boston-area manhunt for the suspect in the marathon bombings, police closed in on a boat in a Watertown backyard where the 19-year-old was hiding. The dramatic resolution came shortly after police announced they did not believe the suspect was in the area.

Steve Inkseep and David Greene talk to NPR's Tom Gjelten about the latest in the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings. Dr. David Schoenfeld of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston talks about one of the bombing suspects being taken to that facility. That suspect died, the other is on the run.

Morning Edition provided 30 minutes of special news coverage including Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick's news conference. Mass transit service in the Boston area was suspended Friday morning. Drivers were being told to stay off the streets in Watertown. Businesses there were told not to open. Boston city officials asked residents to "please go home" and not congregate at bus stops or other places.

Authorities in the Boston area are searching for a suspect in Monday's bombings at the Boston marathon. David Greene and Steve Inskeep talk to NPR's Tom Gjelten and Fred Bever of member station WBUR for a status update.

Five stories that have North Texas talking: Czech Stop's serious contribution in the aftermath of the West explosion, the duality of life after losing a…

Joe Berti has had an unbelievable week. And one in which he’s counting his blessings that he's alive.On Monday, Berti finished running the Boston Marathon…

The Boy Scouts of America, with national headquarters in Irving, is proposing an end to its longstanding ban on gay scouts. It would however maintain a…

While there is still conflicting reports about how easily the new strain can be transmitted between humans, the CDC says early intervention is key.

France said discreet talks to free the family had been ongoing but that no ransom was paid.

The two suspects in Monday's deadly Boston Marathon explosions and the Thursday night murder of a police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are brothers from a former Soviet republic who were in the United States legally for years and lived together in a Cambridge, Mass., apartment.