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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Police arrest Palm Springs IVF clinic bomb suspect 2,600 miles away
A man was arrested at New York's JFK Airport overnight in connection to last month's IVF clinic bombing in Palm Springs, California, sources told NBC Los Angeles. Investigators have been looking into the unidentified person to see if they helped provide material for the disastrous car bomb that destroyed the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic on May 17.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
United Airlines and JetBlue launch 'Blue Sky' partnership
JetBlue and United Airline are launching 'Blue Sky', a limited partnership that will allow their passengers to share frequent flyer points on select routes. The agreement, announced on May 29, includes slot sharing at New York's JFK Airport and New Jersey's Newark Airport.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
U.S. citizen tried to torch U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, threatened to kill Trump: feds
A U.S. citizen staying in Israel threatened to kill President Trump and tried to torch the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, showing up with a backpack full of Molotov cocktails, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Sunday. Joseph Neumeyer, 28, wrote threats on his Facebook wall for months, posting messages like, 'We are killing Trump and Musk now,' 'Death to Trump. Death to America,' and 'The former President has several hours to resign or certain death,' according to federal prosecutors. On May 19, he posted a call to arms — 'Join me this afternoon in Tel Aviv- we are burning down the U.S. embassy' and 'Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America, death to Americans, and f— the west,' according to the feds. Neumeyer showed up at the embassy later that day but a guard intercepted him abut two meters away from an employee entrance, prosecutors say. The guard tapped on his shoulder as he passed, according to the feds, and Neumeyer said 'f– you' in English several times and spat on the guard, then tried to flee. The guard grabbed his backpack to stop him but Neumeyer broke free, dropped the backpack and ran off, according to a criminal complaint. Embassy guards found three Molotov cocktails in the backpack, according to the complaint. Israeli law enforcement tracked him to a hotel five blocks away, arresting him in his hotel room. He admitted he assaulted the guard and that his backpack had 'Molotov cocktail bottles' with vodka inside, prosecutors say. Israel deported Neumeyer to the U.S. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are handling his case because he landed at JFK Airport, which is in the Eastern District of New York. He's charged with attempting to use fire or an explosive to destroy U.S. property, a federal charge that carries a five-to-20-year prison term. Brooklyn Federal Court Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo ordered him held without bail. 'This defendant is charged with planning a devastating attack targeting our embassy in Israel, threatening death to Americans, and President Trump's life,' Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement Sunday. 'The Department will not tolerate such violence and will prosecute this defendant to the fullest extent of the law.' According to the feds, Neumeyer is a dual U.S. and German citizen who was born in Colorado and lived in the U.S. until earlier this year. He left the U.S. for Canada on Feb. 7 and arrived in Israel April 23. Neumeyer's Facebook page includes conspiracy theories and posts praising Israel and Russia, as well as several posts urging people to vote for Israeli singer Yuval Raphael in this year's Eurovision competition. Rapheal, a survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival, won second place, amid cries of protest calling for Israel to be barred from the competition over the Israeli bombing campaign and ground invasion in Gaza, In a post from May 19, Neumeyer wrote, 'When America overthrew the Ukrainian government through far-right brigades, they began to unravel and colonize Europe. American media is not reflective of the truth. The English placed Obama and Trump in office, they are in total control of the US navy communication structure. Our elections are a sham.' On his personal website, Neumeyer describes himself as 'an acclaimed leader, geo-strategist, and academic recognized for his work and advocacy across The Commonwealth, European Union, and world — in both infrastructure, mercantile banking, and entrepreneurship.' His lawyer did not immediately return a message seeking comment Sunday.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Delta stowaway Svetlana Dali guilty of federal charge after sneaking onto JFK flight to Paris
A stowaway who slipped onboard a JFK Airport flight to Paris last year had one more trick up her sleeve — trying to convince a jury that no one from Delta Airlines told her she needed a boarding pass. But the jury didn't let her fly free. On Thursday, a Brooklyn Federal Court jury found Svetlana Dali, 57, guilty of stowing away on an aircraft, roughly six months after she captured national headlines by getting on board Delta Flight 264 to Paris without a ticket or boarding pass. After a three-day trial, the jury needed less than an hour to clip Dali's wings. Dali was looking to fly to Paris on Nov. 26, and after she got turned away at a TSA checkpoint, she blended in with an Air Europa flight crew and rejoined the Delta boarding line undetected, according to prosecutors. She spent the majority of the flight locked in the loo, feigning illness, until a flight attendant finally demanded she take a seat when the plane was landing. The flight's crew turned her over to authorities when the plane landed. Videos presented to the jury shows her boarding the plane, and later telling federal agents that she knew what she did was wrong. Her defense attorney, Michael Schneider, tried to poke holes in one of the basic elements of the charges against her, that the government didn't prove she intended to board without permission. 'To be fair, you might be sitting there [thinking] everyone knows you need a ticket to get on a plane,'' he said, but added, 'She's not some sophisticated world traveler.' 'You can't say that she knew she needed a boarding pass … because she didn't [know],' Schneider said. Despite the verdict, Dali could wind up with a sentence of time served — which she also might have received if she took a plea deal. Though the charge carries a five-year maximum sentence, federal guidelines recommend zero to six months based on her background. She's been locked up in MDC Brooklyn since January, after the feds say she cut her ankle bracelet and tried to take a Greyhound bus to Canada. She took the stand in her own defense Wednesday, telling the jury that she made a beeline for the plane bathroom and 'started throwing up right away,' she said. She stayed inside until the plane was about to land. 'I was throwing up. I was throwing up blood, too. I wasn't even able to look at the watch. I wasn't in the position to do that.' On cross-examination Assistant U.S. Attorney Brooke Theodora challenged her by pointing out a child in front of her showed a passport. 'I was looking literally at my feet. Wasn't feeling well. I wasn't looking around at all,' she said, leading Theodora to ask, 'And you believed you didn't have to show a boarding pass, right?' 'If they had asked me I wouldn't have shown it. I didn't have it.' The prosecutor followed up, 'And you believe you didn't need a passport; is that right?' Dali responded, 'I believe it's possible.' In her closing argument, Theodora told the jury Dali knew exactly what she was doing, because she had tried it twice before: At Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Conn., just 48 hours before the JFK jaunt, and Miami International Airport in February 2024. 'This wasn't the defendant's first time bypassing airport security, and this is not even the first time she got caught doing it,' Theodora said. Ms. Dali told a flight attendant that she was seeking asylum in Paris and thought the U.S. government and Russia were poisoning her with radioactive material polonium, but Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Ann Donnelly didn't allow any testimony about her claims, or about her mental health. Donnelly said she'd try to set a quick sentencing date after the defense and government offer their filings next week.
Glasgow Times
15-05-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Watch Global Airlines first flight to New York take off from Glasgow
The Airbus A380 set off from Glasgow Airport at 11.33am on its way to JFK Airport in the US. Maiden voyage flight 3L380 was delayed in taking off by around half an hour, but is still expected to land in the States by 1pm local time. READ NEXT: Global Airlines set for its maiden charter with A380 from Glasgow Initial return fares were priced at nearly £800 – however prices were more than halved after disappointing sales. The huge double-decker plane is set to return to Scotland on May 19, before heading to Manchester and then onto New York again. However, it is not expected that Global will provide a regular service from Glasgow, with the company suggesting typical flights will run from London. Global Airlines founder James Asquith promises the flights will be "the best experience in the sky today".
