William K Rashbaum Nyt News Service

Of all the life lessons that Salvatore Vitale took from a boyhood friend he idolized, two of them became practically second nature: as a child, he was taught how to swim; as an adult, he was instructed how to kill. The latter skill, he would later admit, was one he practiced regularly on behalf of the friend, Joseph C. Massino, who would marry Mr. ...

Two New Jersey men in their 20s who were bound for Somalia to join an Islamic extremist group and to kill American troops were arrested at Kennedy International Airport late Saturday, federal and local authorities announced on Sunday.

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

The police and FBI investigators have tracked down the owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that contained the makings of a crude car bomb discovered in Times Square over the weekend.

Thousands of tourists and theatergoers were cleared from Times Square as the police investigated what they suspected was a car bomb there.

Of all the life lessons that Salvatore Vitale took from a boyhood friend he idolized, two of them became practically second nature: as a child, he was taught how to swim; as an adult, he was instructed how to kill. The latter skill, he would later admit, was one he practiced regularly on behalf of the friend, Joseph C. Massino, who would marry Mr. ...

Two New Jersey men in their 20s who were bound for Somalia to join an Islamic extremist group and to kill American troops were arrested at Kennedy International Airport late Saturday, federal and local authorities announced on Sunday.

Federal agents and police detectives have arrested a Connecticut man, Faisal Shahzad, in connection with Saturday's failed Times Square car bombing, two people briefed on the investigation said.

The police and FBI investigators have tracked down the owner of the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that contained the makings of a crude car bomb discovered in Times Square over the weekend.

Thousands of tourists and theatergoers were cleared from Times Square as the police investigated what they suspected was a car bomb there.