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Four people were caught on video awkwardly bird-napping a massive swan in Queens — as activists fear the missing bird may have met its end as an animal sacrifice or because of a a senior prank. The four — including one minor — were busted after snatching the mute female swan Saturday at Frank M. Charles Memorial Park in Howard Beach, according to US Park Police. Authorities didn’t immediately release the names of the alleged bird-brained bandits, but local officials and activists speculate the bird could have met an unsavory fate as some of the birds have ended up on...

Trinidadians Josh Phagoo, 13, Joel Phagoo, 21, and cousin Amit Sinanan, 13, amateur fishermen, exposed US security lapses when they accidentally found themselves on the runway of JFK International Airport in New York on Sunday. They were photographed at their home in east New York, Brooklyn, by EDWINE SEYMOUR. Guardian Exclusive Lost Trinis give JFK cops a scare BY LISA ALLEN-AGOSTINI Three young Trinidadian fishermen gave JFK International Airport police a shock when they turned up at the Port Authority Police Station, after wandering around on the major international airport’s runways for more than an hour on their own. “It...