U.S. officials say indications of the Pakistani Taliban’s role in the failed New York car bombing are growing as they question the main suspect in the incident. Faisal Shahzad, 30, arrested Monday just prior to his Emirates flight to Dubai was to take off from New York, Wednesday waived his right to a speedy arraignment, which The New York Times said was an indication of his cooperation with authorities. A senior official in the administra ... Jump to full article >>

An American citizen of Pakistani origin has been arrested in connection with an attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square, the US attorney general, Eric Holder, confirmed. The man was officially named as Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American, and said he was arrested on Long Island, New York. Mr Holder said the man was attempting to board a flight to Dubai. The US attorney general added that investigations were ongoing. Authoritie ... Jump to full article >>

The tourist spot returns to business while officials scour hours of surveillance footage of the failed attack, which many say amounts to a form of terrorism. A car bomb left in Times Square made of easily purchased items, including alarm clocks and gasoline, could have sent a “significant fireball” hurtling through one of the world’s busiest tourist spots, police said Sunday as they searched for a man caught on film who might b ... Jump to full article >>

WHITE PLAINS - A Yonkers man is among 21 cigarette-smuggling suspects charged with evading the state tobacco tax in a sting operation that also netted a cache of homemade bombs and weapons inside Cortlandt man’s home. The cigarette bust, which cost the state $21 million in lost taxes, was the largest of its kind in the United States, a state official said at a news conference this afternoon at the Westchester County District Attorney&# ... Jump to full article >>