During the recent KTDY trip to New York, one of the attractions that many of our listeners attended was the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. This should be on the bucket list of every American.
Studio 54 in New York was the quintessential 70s discotheque. It was located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eight Avenue and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. When Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell decided to open Studio 54 in that part of Manhattan, people thought they were crazy. That was a part of NYC you went into to get mugged, it was not a respectable area of Manhattan. The area has since been revitalized but during the time of Studio 54, it was a dangerous place.
A series of pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm elections.
A federal grand jury in Louisiana handed up an indictment last Thursday charging 27-year-old Paul Miller, of Lafayette, with making the bomb threat last September.
Five people were killed in a helicopter crash in New York's East River on Sunday night, according to CNN. The pilot of the helicopter was reported as the sole survivor.
A maroon Honda sedan careened through a crowd of pedestrians in Times Square in New York City, killing one person and injuring at least 12 more. Police are investigating, but do not believe it was a terror attack.
Federal authorities say a New York man has been arrested on charges he was planning a New Year's Eve attack at a bar to prove to the Islamic State he was worthy to join it in Syria.