UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
Investigators have made an arrest in connection to Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, which killed three and injured over 170, US media reported.
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China on Wednesday mourned the death of a young Chinese woman who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. Live report
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Chinese leaders and the government are deeply concerned about Chinese nationals who were injured or killed in the recent Boston Marathon bombing, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inaugurated a completely refurbished Security Council chamber with advanced electronics Tuesday.
Boston bombing investigators on Wednesday entered the third day of their hunt with an emerging picture of the target.
Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday condemned the violence that occurred in the last hours in the country.
The organizers of the Boston Marathon said on Tuesday they planned to hold the 118th edition of the race next year, vowing to continue in the wake of a bombing attack that killed three and injured 176 at the finish line on Monday.
The Chinese Consulate in New York says a Chinese national is the third person killed in the Boston marathon blasts. Live report
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It was as good a Patriots Day, as good a marathon day, as any, dry and seasonably warm but not hot like last year's.
Venezuela's opposition planned more protests on Tuesday against the election of late leader Hugo Chavez's political heir as president, but it faced the prospect of rival demonstrations from the declared winner's party.
US President Barack Obama will head to Boston on Thursday after the deadly explosions rocked the city's well-known marathon race.
The two victims who died have been identified as 8-year-old Martin Richard, of Boston, and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, of Massachusetts.