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Lawyer Says Student Friend of Tsarnaev Didn't Lie

A young man who U.S. federal prosecutors say initially lied about removing evidence from the dorm room of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cannot remember the alleged event because his memory was hampered by marijuana, according to his lawyer. On the first day of trial Monday in Boston, 21-year-old Robel Phillipos' attorney said he was “a kid high out of his mind” when any dorm room visit took place, three days after the April 2013 attack. According to prosecutors,...

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