Second Woman Claims TSA Forced Strip Search At JFK
A second elderly woman has come forward, saying she was also strip searched by screeners at John F. Kennedy Airport. Ruth Sherman, 88, says Transportation Security Administration agents forced her to pull her pants down so they could check out her colostomy bag before a flight on November 28. This comes after Lenore Zimmerman, 85, says she not only missed her flight Saturday but was injured as well when she was told to disrobe after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. TSA officials are denying any strip search happened in that case. Read More: NY1
New Performance Space Floated At Old Queens Diving Pool
Some big changes are on the way for one of the most iconic landmarks in Queens. While Astoria Pool may be the busiest in the city, drawing more than 150,000 visitors last year, the diving pool nearby has not been used in some 30 years. Now parks officials are set to turn the former diving pool it into an outdoor performance space, making the park more accessible to residents. Read More: NY1
Man kills girlfriend’s son, boards Q111 and shoots two more
Holiday cheer turned to terrified screams as violence erupted in Jamaica on Friday, December 2. Damel Burton, 34, allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend’s son, 18-year-old Keith Murrell, in an apartment the three shared on the second floor of the Baisley Park Houses. Burton then boarded the Q111 bus at the Parsons-Archer terminal, where be shot and killed passenger Marvin Gilkes, 36, and injured a second passenger, Jajuan Lipsey, 29. Read More: Queens Courier
File Under Viral: Michele Bachmann confronted by boy who says: ‘My mommy’s gay but doesn’t need fixing’
It’s isn’t often Michele Bachmann is at a loss for words, but the GOP presidential candidate was left speechless when an 8-year-old boy confronted her about homosexuality. Video of the awkward encounter at a recent book-signing event in South Carolina has gone viral on YouTube. Read More: Daily News
Wall Street analyst David Gray crossed Atlantic to harass gal pal Daniela Rausnitz
A J.P. Morgan investment banker has been convicted of waging an obsessive, trans-Atlantic harassment campaign against a gorgeous young mistress he met while working in adjacent cubicles in New York. David Gray, 28, was accused of hacking the beautiful brunette’s emails, placing a tracking device in her phone, deluging her with hundreds of messages and even breaking into her London apartment after their torrid extra-marital affair ended, the Daily Mail reported. Read More: Daily News
Giants coach ‘sick’ over photo of ‘TD’
The Giants are sure the calls did not go their way in Sunday’s last-second 38-35 loss to the still-undefeated Packers. And, at least in one case, they have the picture to prove it. “I just saw a picture that made me sick to my stomach,’’ coach Tom Coughlin said yesterday, and the fact he believes what’s in the picture validates his case didn’t help ease his queasiness. Read More: New York Post
