Faisal Shahzad

The Pakistani Taliban have denied any role in the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people and injured more than 140. The group's spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, denied involvement in a telephone call with The Associated Press on...

Here is a list of some of the worst bombings in the U.S. dating to the 1800s, including some famous attempts that failed: — April 15, 2013: Two bombs explode in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing two people and...

NEW YORK (AP) — When revelers pack Times Square for the annual New Year's eve celebration on Monday night, police will observe a tradition of their own: giving them lots of company. Each year, the New York Police Department assigns thousands of...

When it comes to homeland security, we've been seduced for more than a decade by a "preemptive" mandate that directs us to catch terrorists before they strike next. Where law enforcement once investigated crimes to determine who was responsible and how...

WASHINGTON (AP)— In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.  A selection of documents seized in...

The hero street vendor who helped thwart a terrorist plot to blow up Times Square is planning to run for Congress. Duane Jackson wants to unseat Republican incumbent, Representative Nan Hayworth in the Hudson Valley's 19th district. "What's wrong with...

Mohammad Younis, the man that helped fund attempted Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, walked into the probation office Thursday -- instead of having to go into federal lockup. The reason why has less to do with his financing of Faisal Shahzad than it...

U.S. officials have "specific, credible but unconfirmed" information about a potential al Qaeda threat against the United States coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "We have received credible information very...

Complaints about security and its high costs forced the Obama administration to reconsider a decision to try the professed Sept. 11 mastermind in Manhattan, but the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee is moving ahead there anyway. Opening...

A young Queens man with a Pakistani background was freed on bail Monday, after the FBI accused him of sending a phony tip to its website about a terror plot. The mother of Syed Omair Ali flew to New York from Pakistan with $20,000 cash, to help secure...

It is a grim anniversary to be sure, but an anniversary all the same. One year ago today in Times Square a terrorist plotted mass murder and almost pulled it off. Not long after Faisal Shahzad's capture an FBI test showed what the explosion would have...