NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The FBI has ended its investigation of a fiery car wreck that killed two people at a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls after finding no evidence that it was a terror attack, easing a period of high tensions as Americans headed into the Thanksgiving holiday. The FBI's decision late Wednesday came several hours after the vehicle raced through an intersection, hit a median and was launched through the air before slamming into a line of booths and exploding at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls. Local...

The incident Wednesday in which a driver hit the Rainbow Bridge, linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls, leaving two people dead, was not a terrorist event, the Niagara Falls Police Department said Thursday. "After a thorough preliminary investigation by all agencies involved, it was determined that this was not a terrorist event," the department said in a statement. The incident was taken over by the Niagara Falls Police Department's Crash Management Unit, it added. Federal law enforcement officials also said terrorism was not involved. "A search of...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of border crossings in the area, authorities said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said there was “no indication of a terrorist attack.” Much remained unclear about the crash, which investigators were working to understand. Hochul said it wasn’t clear whether the driver was intentionally heading for the Rainbow Bridge across the Niagara River when the vehicle...

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stated at a press conference Wednesday that there was “no indication” of terrorist activity in regards to a car explosion at a checkpoint near the U.S.-Canada border. At around 11:27 a.m. a vehicle was seen speeding near the checkpoint area on the U.S. side of the Rainbow Bridge. Upon hitting a barrier, the car went flying into the air crashing into a Customs and Borders Patrol booth causing an explosion, according to the governor. Following the video release of the incident, reports of a...

On the day before a national holiday, walking distance from Niagara Falls – one of the world’s natural wonders that draws millions of people annually – the peace was shattered by an explosion caused by a car crashing into an obstacle near a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection booth. Law enforcement authorities did not know what caused the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, and U.S. and Canadian officials weren’t taking any chances, shutting down traffic in both directions to all four international crossings between Western New York and Canada...