Author: Jake Pearson
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FBI warns of possible pre-Election Day terror attacks
NEW YORK — The FBI and New York Police Department say they are assessing the credibility of information they received of a possible al-Qaida terror attack against the U.S. on the eve of Election Day. Officials say Friday that counterterrorism investigators are reviewing the information that mentioned New York, Texas and Virginia as potential targets.…
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Authorities call NYC explosion a bombing, say motive unknown
NEW YORK — Investigators scrambled to find out who planted a bomb that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood and why Sunday, scouring shrapnel, forensic traces and surveillance video for any link to an unexploded pressure-cooker device found a few blocks away. There seemed to be more questions than answers hours after the Saturday…
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Alec Baldwin arrested in NYC after allegedly riding bicycle the wrong way down street
NEW YORK — Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested and issued two summonses after allegedly acting belligerently toward two officers who had stopped him for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a New York City street, police said Tuesday. The “30 Rock” star was riding his bike the wrong way at 16th Street and Fifth…
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PHOTOS: Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in NYC
NEW YORK — A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that prompted virulent national debate about Islam and freedom of speech. The…