An airplane part fell from the sky and landed on the front lawn of a home on Long Island, New York. Authorities are looking into how it happened.
The father of the Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a jetliner alerted U.S. authorities about his son, who was then listed in a terrorism database.
A 23-year-old Nigerian who claims to be an al-Qaida agent is charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day as it was preparing to land in Detroit.
The suspect in the attack on a U.S.-bound flight has been on a list that includes people with known or suspected ties to terrorists, an official tells the AP.
A prominent Nigerian banker said he's meeting with security officials because he fears his son may have been the man who allegedly tried to bomb a U.S.-bound flight.
A man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a jetliner as it prepared to land in Detroit, but travelers rushed to subdue him, passengers and officials said.
