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Man From Region Caught With Gun, Bullets At JFK, TSA Says
A man from the region was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a handgun and bullets in his carry-on bag at a JFK airport security checkpoint. The Sullivan County resident, from the town of Liberty, was charged on Wednesday, April 19 after the unloaded firearm was found alongside five bullets in a gun magazine said TSA officials. The man's name is pending release by the New York New Jersey Port Authority. The handgun was detected when the man entered the security checkpoint with his carry-on items. The checkpoint X-ray unit triggered…
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Stranded, Seething: 2.5K Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Passengers In Post-Christmas Mess
More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were canceled and 8,3072 delayed as of Wednesday, Dec. 28, leaving even more passengers across the US stranded and seething. Processes and computer systems that haven't changed since the 1990s are to blame, Captain Casey Murray, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, tells CNN. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes," he said, "that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline." The federal government said it plans on investigating. Cu…
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Irate Passenger Booted From Flight To NY After Tirade Over Lap Dog (
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An altercation over a passenger’s furry flight companion on a plane to New York led to an epic meltdown that was all caught on video and has since gone viral online. The incident occurred Wednesday, Oct. 12, on a Delta flight from Atlanta to JFK, according to a Reddit user who posted a video of the outburst. Flight attendants reportedly asked the woman to remove her dog from her lap and place it in a pet carrier, but she refused. The video then shows flight attendants ordering the woman off the plane, to which she is heard saying, “Oh no, no, honey we are about to fight then.” She then pr…
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Video Captures Bill O'Reilly Threatening Worker At JFK Airport
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is going viral for the wrong reasons after being caught on video berating and belittling an employee at JFK Airport. A video surfaced of the 72-year-old right-wing talking head on social media after he was involved in a heated exchange with an airline employee, during which he cursed them out over a delayed JetBlue flight at JFK. “What you're gonna do ... it's three hours late," O'Reilly is heard saying in the video. When the employee responds, O'Reilly can be heard interrupting the worker and saying, "No, no, no. You're going to find out," while pointing…
Police & Fire
Westchester County Man Busted At JFK Airport With Handgun
Thanksgiving travel got off to a rocky start for a Westchester man who was busted by TSA officers at the JFK Airport with a loaded handgun. On Monday, Nov. 22, officers spotted a man with a .22-caliber handgun at one of the security checkpoints at the airport, loaded with four bullets inside. TSA officials alerted the Port Authority Police, who responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun, and arrested a man from Tuckahoe on multiple weapons charges. Officials did not release the man’s identity, but noted that he also faces thousands of dollars in federal fines for bringing the …
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Covid-
19: New York Airports To Administer Vaccines To Passengers, Arrivals
Several pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are coming to some New York airports for anyone coming into or leaving the state. In an effort to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that pop-up sites were being set up in seven airports across the state beginning on Monday, May 24. The sites will be open to anyone departing or arriving at these airports through Friday, May 28: JFK Airport; LaGuardia Airport; Westchester County Airport; Buffalo Niagara International Airport; Greater Rochester International Airport; Syracuse Hancock International Air…
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Covid-
19: Cuomo Calls On Mandatory Pre-Flight Testing For International Travelers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doubling down on his demands that the federal government step in and mandate mandatory pre-flight COVID-19 testing for international travelers coming into the country. During his third COVID-19 briefing of the week on Wednesday, Jan. 6 in Albany, Cuomo said that with the new, more-transmittable UK strain beginning to spread around the country, it is imperative that the federal government demands testing for travelers before stepping foot stateside. “We’ve seen many countries say that this virus has mutated (repeatedly), so any international traveler coming into…
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Covid-
19: Testing Sites To Be Set Up At JFK, LaGuardia
Testing sites for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being set up at LaGuardia and JFK airports as New York continues to combat the spread of the virus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday, Aug. 24 that testing sites were being arranged for travelers coming into New York from states with high COVID-19 infection rates. Cuomo said that the new testing sites will allow the state to quickly determine whether incoming travelers have brought the virus into New York. The testing sites are being set up by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and New York City Health + Hospitals. During…
Police & Fire
Police Investigating Shooting At Poughkeepsie Gas Station With Numerous Bystanders
Police are investigating a shooting between two men at an area gas station while numerous bystanders were in the range of fire. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 9:54 a.m. at the Gulf Gas Station at 128 Washington St., in the City of Poughkeepsie, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. Responding officers found evidence that multiple shots were fired in the parking lot of that gas station between one subject inside a vehicle and the other outside the vehicle, Clark said. The vehicle, a 2018 silver Chevrolet Malibu, was found abandoned in the parking lot of Tubman Te…
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Covid-
19: Some Out-Of-State Travelers May Be Subjected To Quarantine In New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that he’s considered the possibility of quarantining travelers coming into the state from others that have seen a rise in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Boasting that New York is now doing the most testing in the country and has the lowest infection rate for the virus, Cuomo said that he has been investigating the possibility of a mandatory 14-day quarantine for some travelers coming into the state. With New York leading the way in battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo said that he has consulted with leading global experts on whether or not to impose a m…
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