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Defense attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber seek recusal of judge overseeing case

Aug. 21, 2024 17:20 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are seeking to remove the judge overseeing the protracted legal battle over Tsarnaev's death sentence. Tsarnaev's lawyers said during a hearing in federal court in Boston on Wednesday that U.S. District Court...

Today in History: July 31, Phelps sets Olympic medal record

Jul. 31, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

Today is Wednesday, July 31, the 213th day of 2024. There are 153 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 31, 2012, at the Summer Olympics in London, swimmer Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal, becoming the most decorated Olympian of all time. (He...