Actors John Turturro, Matthew Broderick and Tony Shalhoub, plus a slew of appropriately edgy writers, will head up a 3-day literary festival for the hometown hero March 17-19

Passengers say they were given contradictory reasons for delay, including United Airlines' pilot's refusal to fly and a non-existent 'curfew' at Ben Gurion Airport

Ras Baraka says he wants authorities to establish a database of existing American hate groups, declare them terrorists

Travelers to stay in Canada as plane requires inspection and airline won't fly on Shabbat; smoke said to come from rear galley