Times Square bomber sentenced to life in prison
A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
Faisal Shahzad, 31, pleaded guilty in June to a failed May 1 bombing in Midtown Manhattan. He said he received bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban, called Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and that the group had funded the bomb plot. (Reuters)
