A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.
The explosives, however, were fake.
Taliban insurgents shot down an American military helicopter in Afghanistan Saturday, killing 31 American troops and 7 Afghan commandos, multiple news outlets are reporting.
Two men were arrested late Wednesday after federal officials said they planned to attack a military processing center in Seattle using grenades and firearms.