A Nigerian man with reported links to Al-Qaeda attempted to blow up a US airliner as it began its descent into Detroit before being tackled by passengers and crew, officials said. Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab was badly burned in the botched Christmas Day terror attack as he tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device on the Northwest Airlines Flight which ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early on Monday as part of an investigation that has tracked a man suspected of sympathizing with al Qaeda, officials said. NYPD and FBI officials provided few details, calling it part of an ongoing investigation by a joint terrorism task force, but members ...

COLONIE—After two almost-candidates for a statewide office addressed the Conservative Party's political action conference, Peter King's direct attacks on would-be opponent Kirsten Gillibrand came as a refreshing change. First, there was the swipe in his speech. "I am looking at it very carefully," said King, who said he would run for the U.S. Senate seat Gillibrand ...