Steven Slater, probably the nation’s most famous former flight attendant, is scheduled to be in a New York courtroom Tuesday. Slater, who is known for publicly quitting his job at JetBlue, faces felony charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief along with the offense of criminal trespass. If convicted, he could face a maximum of seven [...]

Two steel columns taken from the wreckage after the September 11th terrorist attacks are headed back to the World Trade Center site today. They are being installed this afternoon at the entrance to the September 11th Memorial and Museum. Salvaged from the rubble after the attacks, each column measures 70 feet and weighs 50 tons. They made [...]

Bedbugs continued their summer-long invasion of New York businesses by taking over a small portion of Google’s posh Manhattan office. A spokeswoman for Google confirmed Friday that bedbugs had found their way into the search-engine giant’s sprawling space in Chelsea. “Like several other businesses in New York City, we’ve discovered bedbugs in a small area of [...]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A cargo plane crashed in an unpopulated area near the Dubai airport, killing the two crew members on board, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates. U.S.-based UPS confirmed that the aircraft was one of the company’s planes. The following statement was released by UPS: A UPS cargo plane [...]

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck near New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 4:35 a.m. Saturday (12:35 p.m. ET Friday) about four miles southeast of Christchurch, a major city in New Zealand, the survey reported. The quake was 10 miles deep. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake is not [...]

The Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury in Honolulu indicted Mordechai Orian, an Israeli national; Pranee Tubchumpol, Shane Germann, and Sam Wongsesanit, of Global Horizons Manpower Inc., located in Los Angeles; and Thai labor recruiters Ratawan Chunharutai and Podjanee Sinchai for engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude. The [...]

Only months after showing off a police version of the Ford Taurus, Ford today is displaying the caped crusader’s new companion, the police version of the new Ford Explorer. It’s called the “Police Interceptor utility vehicle” and like the Taurus, it’s built to get at least a 20% gas-mileage boost over the Ford Crown Victoria, that [...]

California’s Senate has voted down a measure that would have banned plastic bags at grocery stores. The new ban was rejected by a 21 to 14 vote late Tuesday. The ban would have included grocery stores, convenience stores and drugstores. The California Assembly passed the legislation in June. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had said he would have signed the [...]

Lawyers for Indian tribes are in federal court today to make a last-ditch effort to stop legislation taxing reservation cigarette sales to non-Indian customers. This comes after a state judge yesterday refused to block New York State from enforcing a $4.35 per pack tax starting tomorrow. Seneca Indian Nation officials had argued that the state circumvented procedures [...]

With Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and soon the East Coast in its reach, Hurricane Earl prompted warnings for those areas from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday. While there are currently no hurricane watches or warnings for the U.S. mainland, FEMA urged residents to be prepared for severe weather as projections show the storm [...]