The Boston bombing suspects — who allegedly engaged in a fierce gunfight with police on Thursday night, did not have gun permits, police in Massachusetts say — and, at 19 years old, the surviving suspect would have been too young to get one.

With more information now available, a good, deep narrative of events from Monday afternoon to capture on Friday evening.

Police release video of final moments before Boston bombing suspect’s capture.

What does that 2011 request from Moscow to Washington about Tamerlan Tsarnaev really mean? Both more and less than might initially meet the eye. Hunter Walker reports.

Police release thermal images of Dzokhar Tsarnaev in that boat shortly before his capture.

If you’re interested in finding out a lot of new details about the firefight early Friday morning and then the brief one late friday afternoon in Watertown, watch and read this.

There’s something I’ve been thinking about since we saw those shaky images on Thursday afternoon. David Remnick’s piece captures a part of it in a phrase: “the toxic combination of high-minded zealotry and the curdled disappointments of young men.” Read More

Rupert Murdoch defends the New York Post’s horrendous coverage and those photos of the young Moroccan immigrant kid.

There were a number of journalistic goofs this week — the big one being the numerous erroneous reports of an arrest on Wednesday that never happened. The Post thing actually wasn’t a journalistic failing, it was an ethical one. They’re different.

After the jump, a transcript of the President’s comments, delivered just under two hours ago, on the events of the day … (Video excerpt here.) Read More

Friends say bombing suspect switched from UMass Boston to UMass Dartmouth for the better parties.