One exchanged text messages with suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but it isn’t clear from court papers whether authorities believe they were instructions to destroy evidence.
May 2013
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U.S. jobless claims fall to 5-year low
But layoffs are only half the equation: Companies also need to be confident enough to add workers for job growth to pick up and lower the unemployment rate.
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Maine committee endorses gun-show background checks
The committee also shoots down a Republican bill that would allow Mainers to carry concealed weapons without permits.
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Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance
The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what’s called colony collapse disorder, experts say.
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Judge: ‘Whitey’ Bulger can’t use immunity defense
The reputed mobster is scheduled to go on trial next month for his connection to 19 slayings. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Benedict returns to Vatican to meet with Pope Francis
It’s the second meeting between the two since Francis was elected March 13.
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Illegal bass stocking imperils Maine trout pond
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says biologists have confirmed the presence of smallmouth bass in Kimball Pond in Vienna.
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Parents seeing more food, skin allergies in their kids
A CDC survey suggests that about 1 in 20 U.S. children have food allergies, a 50 percent increase from the late 1990s. For eczema and other skin allergies, it’s 1 in 8 children, an increase of 69 percent.
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Intel taps COO as chipmaker’s next CEO
Brian Krzanich will steer the world’s largest chipmaker in a world where PC sales are cratering while smartphones and tablets thrive.
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Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico
Mexicans will be hanging on the president’s words, but Obama also has in mind an important audience back in the United States.