Bomb News

San Diego - Traffic in Southern California was brought to a halt on Thanksgiving after a man anonymously called his sister, who was driving on I-15, to jokingly tell her that there was a bomb in her car.

Beirut - Two bomb blasts near Beirut’s Iranian embassy killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 100. The death toll is expected to rise, according to Lebanese officials.

Pope Francis was greeted by enthusiastic crowds in Rio de Janeiro as he returned to his native continent for the first time as pontiff. An explosive device was found Sunday near a religious shrine in Brazil that Pope Francis plans to visit.

A man in Salem, Ore. appears upset about a sign outside the Teacher Standards and Practices Comm. office. He walked into the office today with a pressure cooker bomb, wires sticking out, and said he tried to blow the sign up because it was misspelled.

Clifton - Authorities shut down several blocks surrounding a Northern New Jersey store while they detonated a suspected explosive device found in some second hand merchandise. In the end, it was believed the device was a movie prop.

The Pentagon's largest bunker-busting bomb was upgraded with a specific task in mind, which is taking out suspected nuclear facilities in Iran.

Violence has hit the troubled Russian republic of Dagestan again, when a bomb exploded in the capital Makhachkala yesterday killing two people

In a Skype interview with Vocativ, a Syrian man reveals a video showing a dramatic "chemical attack", which he has uploaded to YouTube. He also gathered evidence of the attack and is taking it to Turkey for testing. (Updated).

Boston - UPDATE Boston and surrounding areas remain in lock down after one bombing suspect has been killed, the other still at large. One suspect was in custody while being transported to a hospital but later died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Airport officials at JFK detained a traveler who mentioned the word "bomb", but only to discover that the man was actually talking about a sandwich referred to as The Bomb.