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Law enforcement officials say a 55-year-old New York man reportedly used AI to help him build bombs that he planned to detonate in Manhattan. Michael Gann of Long Island, New York, is accused of building several homemade bombs with the help of AI, an endeavor he claims was “easier than buying gun powder,” according to court documents obtained by NBC News. The suspect, who was indicted by federal prosecutors on Tuesday, allegedly transported the bombs from Long Island to Manhattan, storing five of them and four shotgun shells on the roof of an apartment building in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Court...

..... Michael Gann, 55, of Inwood, allegedly built at least seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs) using chemicals purchased online, according to US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton. "As alleged, Michael Gann built explosive devices, stored them on a rooftop in SoHo, and threw one onto the subway tracks—putting countless lives at risk," Clayton said. "Thanks to swift work by our law enforcement partners, no one was harmed. That vigilance assuredly prevented a tragedy in New York." Authorities say Gann threw one device onto the subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge and stashed others, some containing...

Pro-Palestinian protesters were at it again this morning in Manhattan, blocking three bridges and one tunnel connecting the island to the rest of New York City and New Jersey.Hundreds of arrests were made after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges as well as the Holland Tunnel on Monday morning…Around 9:30 a.m. Monday, the protesters blocked New Jersey-bound lanes of the Holland Tunnel.Port Authority police responded and arrested 120 protesters before the tunnel reopened to traffic just after 10:30 a.m.Here’s what that looked like (top clip) plus video of the arrests that followed as they chanted...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three men climbed on a New York bridge in a drunken prank on Friday, shutting the bridge, sparking an anti-terrorism response and sending the dollar down in morning trading, officials said. Police said they arrested three men in their 30s, who were caught by a police officer in the morning rush-hour after they were spotted climbing the cables of the Williamsburg Bridge that links Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River. Anti-terrorism teams, including helicopters, radiation detection units and bomb squads -- on high alert since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and stepped up since the...

WABC radio is reporting three persons of "Arabic descent" have been detained after leaving suspicious item on Williamsburg Bridge.This bridge is one of the main routes into Manhattan from Brooklyn.