Authorities ID person of interest as Saudi national in marathon bombings, under guard at Boston hospital  —  Investigators have a suspect — a Saudi Arabian national — in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, The Post has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources said the 20-year-old suspect …

As debate begins, Senate background check proposal for gun sales lacks necessary votes  —  Debate on a major overhaul of the of the nation's gun-control laws is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, but there were still not enough votes late Monday to assure expansion …

Patton Oswalt  · 187,848 like this  —  Boston.  F**king horrible.  —  I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I've had it with humanity.”  —  But I was wrong.  I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem.  One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

Europe Split Over Austerity as a Path to Growth  —  WASHINGTON — In the last year, the International Monetary Fund has performed a major reassessment of how it thinks austerity harms a weak, financially troubled economy.  But while warning of the perils of slow growth, it still often insists on austerity for just such economies.