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One of six men in the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn near Kennedy International Airport shot another and then himself, and it was unclear what might have prompted the gunfire. […]

The artist, Alice Aycock, contends that Terminal 1's managers will violate their contract with her if they follow through with plans to remove a large piece she was commissioned to make 14 years ago. […]

A 69-year-old man on his way to the Dominican Republic "almost was shocked" when airport security found a table knife on his walker. […]

Prototype space shuttle Enterprise, riding atop a 747, glides over New York Harbor, past the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River as thousands of New Yorkers and tourists cheer and snap photos; Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan's West Side will serve as the shuttle's permanent home. Photos (M)/ […]

For the first time a space shuttle will fly over New York, before landing. […]

City Room blog; sculpture created by Alice Aycock and installed at Kennedy International Airport 14 years ago is center of fight over plans to replace it for more food stands in Terminal 1; lawyers for Aycock say removal would violate a contract signed when she was hired to create the work and would mean destroying the piece. Photo (M)2 […]

Plans to transport the shuttle prototype Enterprise to Kennedy International Airport were postponed beyond Monday because of a forecast of incompatible weather conditions. […]

American Airlines’s cargo warehouse at Kennedy Airport processes a million pounds of goods every day, giving a preview of everything from fashions to economic trends. […]

A family visiting New York from Panama had a run-in with a driver who preys on tourists, the police said. […]

City Room blog; Izzy, a 6-year-old beagle, is the first line of defense against contraband agricultural products that may be a threat to agriculture and public health entering the United States; dog works with Customs and Border Protection officers at Kennedy International Airport. Photos […]

City Room blog recalls former air control tower at La Guardia airport in New York City, architectural curiosity built by mid-20th century architect Wallace K Harrison, who designed the Trylon and Perisphere for the 1939 World's Fair; new, high-tech tower has replaced old structure, whose design and location presented security problems. Photo […]

The deputy mayor for operations responds to a recent Op-Ed about plans for a waste transfer facility near La Guardia Airport. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration never should have approved a project to build a garbage transfer facility, which is likely to attract birds, near La Guardia Airport. […]

Delta installs iPads for public use at dining areas at several gates in New York's Kennedy Airport; plans similar setup at LaGuardia Airport early next year; photo […]

Aviation officials have tried limiting the number of takeoffs and landings each hour at the three major airports, to no avail. […]

The scanners, which use imaging technology to display near-naked images of airline passengers, will be installed in La Guardia, Kennedy and Newark Airports in September. […]

The Delta terminal is about to get a host of alluring options for meals before you board. […]

A report explains that captured geese would be placed in turkey crates, euthanized with methods approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association, then buried. […]

Airbus’s assumptions about how the plane would behave after a bird strike were unrealistic, documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board say. […]

In merging with United, Continental gains a bigger flight network that would leave its rivals in New York — Delta Air Lines and American Airlines — struggling to catch up. […]