Shipping Company Technology Accelerated Cargo Plot Probe
NEW YORK (CBS 2/WCBS 880) — UPS, Fed Ex and DHL have a host of screening and security procedures in place, from visual inspections to X-rays, but are they enough? “I don’t think there can possibly be...
View ArticleTerror Probe Leads To Searches In NY, NJ
NEW YORK (CBS 2/1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Intelligence on threats from inside Yemen against a Jewish center in Chicago had authorities on high alert Thursday night into Friday when a quick chain of events...
View ArticleTravelers Satisfied With Increased JFK Security
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – After this week’s terror scares, security is as tight as ever at JFK airport. Passengers noticed the increased efforts and are confident in the security measures taken. LISTEN:...
View ArticleOfficials Say Bomb Plot Just Narrowly Averted
WASHINGTON (AP/CBSNewYork) – The mail bomb plot stretching from Yemen to Chicago may have been aimed at blowing up planes in flight and was only narrowly averted, officials said Sunday, acknowledging...
View ArticleMail Terror Probe Focuses On Saudi Bomb Maker
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — The two mail bombs intercepted in Britain and Dubai had no fingerprints or DNA according to German investigators, but they contained enough explosives to cause “significant” damage...
View ArticleAll Clear Given After Suspicious Package Stokes Fears At JFK
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — New York City remained on edge Wednesday night after yet another terror scare at an area airport. This time, investigators rushed to John F. Kennedy International Airport after...
View ArticleYouTube Removes Videos From Yemeni Cleric
NEW YORK (CBS 2/AP) –YouTube has removed from its site videos featuring calls to holy war by an al-Qaida-linked Muslim cleric after pressure from British and U.S. officials. YouTube spokeswoman...
View ArticleInterpol Publicizes Details Of Yemen Mail Bombs
PARIS (AP) — Interpol released on Saturday details and photographs of two U.S.-bound mail bombs intercepted by authorities in Dubai and United Kingdom, to help police and the public look out for such...
View ArticleAuthorities: Mail Bomb Could Have Exploded Over U.S.
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – We could have been targets all over again. The mail bomb intercepted in England was timed to explode over New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania. CBS 2′s Dave Carlin reports a new...
View ArticleSuspected Christmas ‘Underwear Bomber’ Chose Detroit For Cheap Airfare
NEW YORK (AP/CBSNewYork) – It seems just about everyone is affected in some way or another by the sluggish economy. When an admitted al-Qaida operative planned his itinerary for a Christmas 2009...
View ArticleWCBS 880 9/11 Series: Ray Kelly And NYPD Prepare For 9/11 Anniversary
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - The world will turn its attention to Ground Zero on Sunday. WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond On The Story Download: diamond_911series_110908.mp3 Police Commissioner Ray Kelly calls the...
View ArticleRep. Peter King: Al Qaeda Extremist Had Long Island Connection
WESTBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- He was a terrorist on the radar – from Long Island all the way to al Qaeda. Two Americans, one being Anwar al-Awlaki, leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and a...
View ArticleProtest Gets Heated As Yemen President Exits NYC Hotel
NEW YORK (AP) — A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he’s staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building. The dozen protesters had been kept...
View ArticleOfficials: Would-Be Al-Qaeda Bomber Was Double Agent Loyal To U.S.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula trained in the desert, but was planning on blowing up a U.S.-bound jet. However, the plot was undone by a man they thought was one of their...
View ArticleExperts: Saudis Played Huge Role In Foiled Al-Qaeda Underwear Bomb Plot
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New details emerged Wednesday in the foiled Al-Qaeda bomb plot to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner using a new type of underwear bomb. “I will say this is one of the most...
View ArticleBloomberg Saddened, Not Surprised Over Middle East Uproar
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is saddened but not surprised at the uproar in the Middle East over an anti-Islam film produced in the United States that denigrates the...
View ArticleAnti-American Violence, Protests Spread From Asia To Africa
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Around the world, Friday was a day of prayers and protests. In Maryland, there was a somber homecoming for the four Americans killed in the Libya consulate attack. President...
View ArticleNYPD Prepared For United Nations General Assembly
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - World leaders will be converging on Manhattan’s East Side next week for the United Nations General Assembly and the NYPD says it’s ready. WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb On The Story...
View ArticleAuthorities: ‘Dangerous And Influential’ Members Of Al-Shabab Face Brooklyn...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Three men facing federal terrorism charges in New York City have strong ties to the same extremist Islamic group that’s claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on an...
View ArticleWorries About Undetected Bombs Prompt Tighter Security In Foreign Airports
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New details were emerging Thursday about a terror threat that is having an impact on travel across the globe. As CBS 2’s Sonia Rincon reported, the concern is that al Qaeda in...
View ArticleSome U.S. Bound Air Travelers Will Have To Power Up Cell Phones To Get Past...
NEWARK, N.J.(CBSNewYork) — Passengers headed to the United States can expect to encounter tighter security. The move comes amid the growing threat of terrorists sneaking a new type of bomb onto a...
View ArticleIslamic Cleric Gets Life In NY Terrorism Case
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — An Islamic cleric convicted of terrorism charges for plots to kidnap tourists in Yemen in 1998 and build a terrorist training camp in Oregon has been sentenced to life in...
View ArticleNYPD On Watch, U.S. Issues Worldwide Travel Alert After Paris Standoffs,...
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_0901201523102294471AA.mp4 PARIS (CBSNewYork/AP) — The NYPD was on high alert Friday night with visibly increased security, and the U.S. State Department issued...
View ArticleDozens Arrested In Terror Raids Across France, Belgium And Germany
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_1601201523133066132AA.mp4 BRUSSELS (CBSNewYork/AP) — More than two dozen suspects have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany in continuing searches for...
View ArticleISIS Demands Ransom For Japanese Hostages; Jews Across Europe Fear Attacks
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_2001201517253947627AA.mp4 NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The terrorists believed to be behind the attack on a satirical newspaper in Paris traveled to Yemen for...
View ArticleMilitary: Service Member Killed, 3 Others Wounded In Yemen Raid Targeting...
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A U.S. military service member was killed Sunday during a raid against al-Qaida militants in central Yemen that also left nearly 30 others dead, including women and children. The...
View ArticleYemeni Business Owners Close Bodegas, Rally In Protest Of Trump Travel Ban
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hundreds of Yemeni business owners in New York turned off the lights and locking their doors Thursday to protest the Trump administration’s travel ban. More than 1,000 Yemeni...
View ArticleOpinion: Obama Needs To Stay At The White House During Middle East Protests
Following protests in the capital of Egypt this week, the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya that took the life of four Americans yesterday, and the latest aggressive protests at the...
View ArticleQahwah House: Eighth-Generation Coffee Maker Brings Yemeni Brews To Williamsburg
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Ibrahim Alhasbani identifies as an eighth-generation coffee maker. A native of Sana’a, Yemen, he’s importing beans from his family’s farms to Williamsburg, the second location...
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