explosive devices

Bridgeport police will have extra patrols at a local synagogue after two bomb threats Friday afternoon.

Following multiple reports of a rice cooker left on a street in Manhattan after midnight Friday, police say the kitchen device was deemed harmless.

Two Queens women pleaded guilty in connection to a plan in which they sought how to build explosive devices similar to those used in prior terrorist attacks in the United States, federal prosecutors say.

The father of a West Virginia man sought for questioning in connection to placing rice cookers in Manhattan that sparked a rush-hour scare Friday morning has identified him as Larry Griffin. A senior law enforcement official also confirms to NBC 4 New York the identity of the person of interest.

Bail has been set at $200,000 for a homeless man from West Virginia who was charged with placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station.

The man who allegedly placed rice cookers in a Manhattan subway station, sparking a rush-hour scare Friday morning, has been arrested, the NYPD said Saturday.

Authorities are questioning a man believed to be the person who left two rice cookers at a Manhattan subway station Friday. George Spencer reports.

The father of a West Virginia man sought for questioning in connection to placing rice cookers in Manhattan that sparked a rush-hour scare Friday morning has identified him as Larry Griffin. Adam Kuperstein reports.

A 52-year-old New Jersey man was arrested after police uncovered a astonishing cached of weapons and dangerous materials at his suburban home, authorities say.

A bomb threat didn’t keep New York City Mayor de Blasio from working out at his favorite gym in Brooklyn.

The woman who called in the threat allegedly said she did so because de Blasio “likes black people,” but targeted the wrong gym, six blocks away from the mayor’s usual workout spot. Both gyms were evacuated and no threats were found. NBC 4 New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

Three young men accused of plotting to attack a Muslim community in upstate New York with homemade explosives pleaded guilty Friday

Catholic churches in Sri Lanka canceled all Sunday Masses until further notice over fears of more attacks from Islamic State-linked extremists, and the military said its soldiers in the eastern part of the country exchanged gunfire Friday night with suspects believed linked to the Easter bombings. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told journalists that church officials had seen a leaked security document...

Burning Man organizers say the U.S. government wants to place unreasonable conditions on a proposal to expand the counter-culture festival’s capacity to 100,000, including stepped-up security searches and new perimeter barriers that land managers say would reduce vulnerability to acts of terrorism. Group leaders say the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed stipulations for a new 10-year special use permit would...

A cease-fire deal appeared to take hold between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Sunday, with Israel expanding the permitted fishing zone and easing some tight restrictions on movement through its two main crossings with the Palestinian enclave. Egyptian mediators have worked in recent days to broker a cease-fire agreement, but talks have been repeatedly interrupted by Palestinian rocket attacks...

Five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military announced, following a day of mass protests that saw Israeli troops kill four Palestinians near the territory’s border. The rocket attack threatens to undermine Egyptian-mediated efforts to cement a deal that the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers hope will ease a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockage of the...

Five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military announced, following a day of mass protests that saw Israeli troops kill four Palestinians near the territory’s border. The rocket attack threatens to undermine Egyptian-mediated efforts to cement a deal that the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers hope will ease a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockage of the...

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to sending a wave of pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump.

A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but spread fear of political violence across the U.S. Checkey Beckford reports.

At least 49 people were shot to death at two mosques during midday prayers Friday — most if not all of them gunned down by an immigrant-hating white supremacist who apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter on Facebook. One man was arrested and charged with murder. Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared in court Saturday morning...