SCOTT SMITH / The Associated PressAug 4, 2018
Explosives detonate as the socialist president gives a speech to hundreds of soldiers; seven people have been injured, officials say. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
EMILY SCHMALL / The Associated PressAug 3, 2018
In a rare move, Arkema North America, its CEO and a plant manager are charged in an explosion at a Crosby, Texas, plant that sent harmful chemicals into the air after Hurricane Harvey . The company vows to fight charges. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 18, 2013
As many as 15 people are feared dead and more than 160 others were injured after a monstrous explosion ripped through the West Fertilizer Co. about 20 miles north of Waco, Texas, on Wednesday. As many as 15 people are feared dead and more than 160 others were injured after a monstrous explosion ripped through the West Fertilizer Co. on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 16, 2013
Law enforcement agencies are scrambling to figure out who carried out the Boston Marathon blasts. So far there have been no arrests, no credible claims of responsibility and little information from authorities about who might have planted the explosive devices. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 16, 2013
The president stopped short of calling the blasts at the marathon terror attacks during his prepared remarks, but CNN is reporting that federal investigators have classified them that way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 16, 2013
The Boston Globe has just released a chilling video that captures the extent of the horror of the Boston Marathon explosions Monday afternoon, including the sounds of both blasts being detonated and the screams and shouts of the panicked crowd in the aftermath. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 16, 2013
Officials also said during a news conference that a third incident has been reported at the JFK Library in Boston. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 16, 2013
"Somebody's leg flew by my head," one spectator told the Boston Herald. “I gave my belt to stop the blood.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigApr 15, 2013
"There are a lot of people down," a runner told The Associated Press, after two blasts brought a traumatic end to the world's oldest annual marathon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 19, 2012
Israel is blaming Iran, its longtime adversary, for the deaths of seven Israeli tourists in a bomb attack on a bus in Burgas, Bulgaria. The bus was carrying 40 members of an Israeli group from the airport to their hotels when the blast occurred. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 22, 2011
A powerful explosion rocked government buildings in Norway's capital on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring a number of others near the prime minister's office. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 29, 2011
The country is already in turmoil, to say the least, so Monday's explosion at an ammunition factory in Yemen, which killed more than 100 people, had political ramifications even if the blast itself was accidental, as local sources reported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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