By Maria Tsvetkova and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - Two men accused of igniting homemade bombs at a chaotic anti-Islam protest outside the New York City mayor's mansion told police they were inspired by Islamic State,

One of the suspects allegedly told authorities he was affiliated with ISIS and he'd watch ISIS propaganda on his phone.

Investigators are digging deeper into the backgrounds of two terror suspects accused of tossing makeshift bombs at a protest outside the New York City mayor’s home in what authorities describe as an ISIS-inspired attack last weekend.

The counterprotester accused of throwing the bomb was one of six people arrested after a clash with anti-Muslim protesters led by the right-wing activist Jake Lang.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch denounced earlier reports that the device was a smoke bomb or a hoax, and said it would have killed or maimed anyone near it had it exploded.

Six arrested for smoke device thrown outside Mamdani’s house Officers arrested six people after a homemade bomb was thrown at Gracie Mansion, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani resides, during an anti-Muslim protest on Saturday.

A high school senior and a recent graduate, both from the Philadelphia suburbs, were charged by federal prosecutors with trying to support a terrorist group.

A consignment store in Colorado found a collection of homemade pipe bombs in one of its storage bins on Tuesday — and the staff have no idea where they came from. Barely Spent Consignment, a homey store in Craig, Colo., reported the discovery of ...