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A New Jersey man has admitted illegally trying to send 10 live lizards to Hong Kong. Jason Ksepka pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton on Tuesday to falsely labeling an international shipment of wildlife from Lambertville in November 2017. The U.S. attorney’s office alleged that the 44-year-old from Farmingdale, Monmouth County was paid $500 by someone else to send…

A Long Island cat who escaped a cargo carrier at JFK Airport is finally back where he belongs after it went missing for over two weeks. Ettore the feline was supposed to go to Italy last month with his owner who lives part-time in Mastic Beach, but he somehow got away while being loaded onto the flight. Port Authority officials…

A Long Island man is relieved that his cat has been found after it escaped JFK Airport before it was supposed to go on a cargo flight to Italy.

A busy travel weekend made worse by a control tower leak delayed several hundred flights in and out of JFK Airport.

Air travelers found themselves facing massive delays over the Fourth of July weekend while crews worked around a “minor water leak” at JFK Airport’s control tower. The airport confirmed impacts to arrivals and departures shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday through its Twitter account. The FAA was holding departing flights bound for JFK until at least 8 p.m. “JFK...

The same man allegedly seen on video hurling insults at an Asian NYPD officer in Washington Square Park earlier this month was arrested by the FBI and NYPD on a weapons-related charge at John F. Kennedy International Airport early Friday, two senior law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation tell News 4. Shermaine Laster, a convicted felon also known…

A man traveling through John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens was arrested after officers found him carrying a handgun in his bag, as well as $300,000 worth of cocaine hidden in his carry-on, officials said.

A Nigerian man suspected in Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud was arrested Friday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport by federal agents as he allegedly attempted to leave the country. Abidemi Rufai of Lekki, Nigeria appeared in federal court Saturday on charges that he used the identities of more than 100 Washington residents to steal more than…

The passenger faces federal charges for allegedly attacking a flight attendant several times aboard Sunday’s flight to NYC.

A man who smuggled nearly three dozen little birds stuffed in hair rollers hidden around his body at JFK Airport on Monday has been arrested and charged, officials said. Thirty-five live finches were concealed inside the jacket and pant legs of 36-year-old Kevin Andre Mckenzie who had just arrived on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana, according to court documents. McKenzie…

A woman who flew to John F. Kennedy International Airport from the Dominican Republic last week allegedly was caught with cocaine hidden in her bra, purse — and some internal bodily areas, federal officials said Tuesday. The passenger, identified as Yerlina Lantigua Hernandez DeNova, presented herself for inspection upon arriving at the Queens hub April 9, U.S. Customs and Border…

The tiny birds were located inside the baggage of a 26-year-old man who had arrived on a flight from Guyana, officials said; he was fined and placed on a flight back

A 26-year-old man who arrived to JFK Airport on Monday was found with 29 birds in his luggage.

A JetBlue Airlines passenger could face a hefty fine after allegedly refusing to wear a face mask and drinking alcohol he brought on board the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration said it’s proposing a $14,500 fine against the passenger for allegedly drinking his own alcohol aboard a December flight and repeatedly refusing to properly wear a mask. The flight headed…

One of two alleged co-conspirators who remained at large last year as authorities announced four had been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $6 million in luxury goods using tractor-trailers in two complex heists at JFK Airport, has been arrested, the Queens district attorney’s office said Thursday. Oscar Asencio, 32, has been arraigned on an indictment in Queens Supreme Court…

The partially reconstructed wreckage of the Trans World Airlines Flight 800 is set to be decommissioned after years of use for federal investigative trainings, NTSB officials announced on Monday. TWA 800 Flight exploded shortly after takeoff on July 17, 1996 from John F. Kennedy Airport, killing 230 onboard and crashing into the Atlantic Ocean. The Paris-bound jet had just left…

If you’re going to run away from law enforcement, it’s best not to leave behind at least three pieces of ID so they can come find you later. That’s what happened when a man fled JFK Airport after TSA screeners found a loaded 9mm handgun in his carry-on bag, the agency said Wednesday. Once screeners spotted the gun during...

An airplane landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport from Moscow Sunday afternoon after officials received word of a potential threat, the Port Authority confirmed. The Aeroflot plane landed at the airport around 3:45 p.m. for a report of a bomb threat on the plane, Port Authority spokesperson Lenis Rodriguez told News 4. Police worked to deboard the plane…

Dozens of dogs saved from a slaughterhouse are getting new homes and forever families. Greg Cergol reports.

Two men were shot and killed in a drive-by shooting near John F. Kennedy Airport. Myles Miller reports.