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Deep-Sea Search Finds Long-Lost Pan Am Plane Bound For NY Easter Weekend: Video
A mystery buried beneath the Atlantic for more than seven decades has finally given up its secret.
An underwater search team has located the wreckage of Pan American World Airways Flight 526A, a New York-bound passenger plane that sank off Puerto Rico 74 years ago.
NBC’s “Today” reported the discovery on Tuesday, July 21, citing an exclusive expedition by the Discovery Channel.
The aircraft was a Douglas DC-4 named Clipper Endeavor. It left Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for New York’s Idlewild Airport, now John F. Kennedy International Airport, on Friday, April 11, 1952, wh…
20-Year-Old Man Murders Homeless Man In NY Then Flees: Police
A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death during an altercation in New York, and a 20-year-old man has been charged with murder, police announced early Tuesday morning, July 21.
The victim, identified as Timothy Stark, who was undomiciled, was stabbed in the back during a confrontation on Express Drive South at Route 112 in Medford at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 20, Suffolk County Police said. He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital–Suffolk in Patchogue, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Joseph Norton, 20, of Manorville, fled the scene in a vehicle after the stabbing, acco…
‘I Scam The Government’: NYC Jail Guards Among Suspects In Brazen $500K Bank Scam, Feds Say
Two New York City jail guards were among seven people busted in a $500,000 fraudulent check scheme, authorities announced Monday, July 20.
Christopher Walker, 34, is currently employed by the city’s Department of Corrections, while Valeria Waldron, 37, is a former DOC employee who most recently worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to the Justice Department.
Two other NYC jail guards — Aaron Warren and Tara Dildy — previously pleaded guilty in the same case in Brooklyn federal court, according to the feds.
The scheme was orchestrated by Bianca Vieux, a 33-year-old …
