Police set up metal fences around the headquarters of a major bank in New Jersey, blocked off two streets, and armed themselves with assault rifles after authorities warned of a terrorist attack on financial institutions.

Rapper and actor DMX was arrested on charges that he and another man tried to steal a car in a parking lot at John F Kennedy Airport in New York, authorities said.

A plane bound for London returned to New York’s Kennedy Airport early today after a flight attendant found a threatening note on a seat in the aircraft.

A man trying to board a Los Angeles-bound flight was arrested after an eight-inch dagger was found inside one of his shoes.