Saturday, May 18, 2024

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Man Charged In Brooklyn Subway Attack Ordered Held Without Bail, With Prosecutors Saying He Terrified “Entire City”

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NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with opening fire on subway riders on train in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail Thursday at his first court appearance, where prosecutors told...

Police Search For Motive In Brooklyn Subway Suspect’s Videos

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NEW YORK (AP) — Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a pac...

Tesla Issues 2nd Recall For Obstructing Pedestrian Warning

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obsc...

Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter For $43 Billion

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private ...

US Jobless Claims Rise But Remain Near A Half-Century Low

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week but remained at a historically low level, reflecting a robust U.S. labor market with near r...

Amazon Adds 5% ‘Fuel And Inflation Surcharge’ To Seller Fees

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Amazon is taking a step to offset its rising costs, announcing Wednesday it will add a 5% “fuel and inflation surcharge” to fees it charges third-party sellers who use the e-commer...

Brooklyn Subway Shooting Suspect Called Police Himself, Gave His Location Before Arrest, Law Enforcement Officials Say

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NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after the suspect himself calle...

Trucker Blockade Snarls US-Mexico Border Over Texas Order

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over new orders by Tex...

WATCH: NYPD Provides Updates Following Arrest Of Brooklyn Subway Shooter

NEW YPRK (VINnews) — Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell and NYPD officials will give an update following the arrest of the perpetrator of the Brooklyn subway shooting that occu...

Man Wanted In Brooklyn Subway Attack Arrested, Official Says

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NEW YORK (AP) — A man who posted numerous social media videos decrying the U.S. as a racist place awash in violence and recounting his struggle with mental illness was arrested Wed...

Japan, US Hold Navy Drills Off Koreas Amid Nuke Test Worry

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese warships, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, are conducting their joint naval exercise in waters between Japan and the Korean Penin...

CDC To Extend Travel Mask Requirement For 2 Weeks

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases, according to a p...

Anxieties Resurface As Gunfire Erupts On NYC Subway

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NEW YORK (AP) — As the year began, New Yorkers shuddered at a subway crime straight out of urban nightmares — the death of a woman shoved onto the tracks by a disturbed stranger. T...

Police Hunt Gunman Who Wounded 10 In Brooklyn Subway Attack

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NEW YORK (AP) — Police continued to hunt Wednesday for the gunman who opened fire on a subway train in Brooklyn, an attack that left 10 people shot and once again interrupted New Y...
FILE - JetBlue Airways aircrafts are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York June 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo

WATCH: Terrified Passengers Beg to Be Allowed off Flight, Airline Refuses

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NEWARK (VINnews) — A group of passengers pleaded to be allowed off a plane before takeoff, afraid for their lives, but JetBlue airlines forced them to remain onboard. A frighten...

Elon Musk Accused Of Breaking Law While Buying Twitter Stock

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing h...

HORRIFYING VIDEO: New Jersey Woman Intentionally & Repeatedly Run Over

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ELIZABETH, NJ (VINnews) — A woman is in critical but stable condition after being run over several times on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 8:40 a.m. Tue...

Suspect in Subway Attack Posted Social Media Videos Filled with Hate and Black Nationalism

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — The suspect in Tuesday’s subway attack has a history of making vicious and threatening videos and posting them to social media. On the videos, Frank James m...

Police ID Suspect in NYC Subway Shooting

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - NYPD COMMISH says We do have a person of interest we are looking for in the shooting of NYC subway system ID as Frank James. “The man who we believe is the ...

NY Lieutenant Governor Resigns After Arrest In Federal Probe

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest in a federal corruption investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, creating a political ...