September 11th

Widow Of United Flight 93 Pilot Dies 'From Broken Heart'

AP | Posted 05.27.2012

DENVER -- The wife of the pilot of the United Airlines flight that crashed into a Pennsylvania field after being taken over by terrorists on 9/11 has ...

9/11 Families Upset Over Ground Zero Museum Delays

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 05.18.2012

NEW YORK — They were promised a place to mourn their loved ones, display their photographs and educate their children and the children of strang...

NSA Analyst: "We Could Have Prevented 9/11"

Washington Spectator | Posted 05.14.2012

Washington Spectator

The idea is, NSA only tells Congress what it wants them to hear, and Congress will just have to figure out what it really knows. The problem is, how will Congress find something unless it knows what it's looking for and where to find it?

WTC Sphere That Survived 9/11 To Get New Home

AP | Posted 05.12.2012

NEW YORK -- A spherical sculpture that endured the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center is close to getting a temporary new home that will keep ...

9/11 Mastermind Returns To Guantanamo Tribunal

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.05.2012

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The man who once bragged about planning Sept. 11 "from A to Z" may mount a defense after all to charges that h...

No Medium, No Message, No Closure?

Jody Lyneé Madeira | Posted 05.01.2012

Jody Lyneé Madeira

If the federal government had the capacity to successfully arrange a secure broadcast of the execution of Timothy McVeigh in 2001, then surely it could arrange for a secure viewing of a select number of images of bin Laden's corpse now.

One World Trade Center Becomes NYC's Tallest Skyscraper

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 04.30.2012

NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, claimed the title of N...

Wounded Warrior Loses 3 Limbs, Becomes Motivational Speaker

USA Today | Posted 04.15.2012

DALLAS, Pa. – His was an ordinary tale of a rambunctious boy, raised in a Chicago suburb, immersed in sports and the love and rivalry of an identica...

Religion: More Similarities Than Differences

Antara Afrin | Posted 04.11.2012

Antara Afrin

The ability to take the time to learn about someone else's culture and religion and accept them for who they are is a BIG thing -- and by big I mean revolutionary.

Future Unclear For WTC Sculpture That Survived 9/11

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 04.07.2012

NEW YORK — The 45,000-pound sphere sculpture that emerged largely intact from the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 attack...

Michael McAuliff

Committee Weighs Cancer Lifeline For 9/11 Heroes

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- The grim uncertainty facing the men and women who toiled among the wreckage of the World Trade Center hit home once again Thursday with ...

Cancer Rates Triple For NYPD Responders To 9/11

Posted 02.08.2012

New research has revealed that among the 12,000 police officers who responded to September 11th, 297 have been diagnosed with cancer-related disabilit...

City Denies Request For Parade Honoring 9/11 First Responders

Posted 01.25.2012

The city has denied a request from a disabled Ground Zero worker to organize a ticker-tape parade honoring 9/11 first responders. 51-year old TJ G...

NYC 911 Makes 9/11 Changes

AP | By SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 01.06.2012

NEW YORK -- The city's 911 operators are now able to give callers details about emergency events, reversing what the Sept. 11 Commission determined we...

1 Million People Have Visited The 9/11 Memorial

AP | Posted 02.28.2012

NEW YORK — Officials at the Sept. 11 Memorial in New York City say they plan to announce Thursday that the site has had 1 million visitors since...

Michael Calderone

Hitchens Defended Iraq War Until The End

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.18.2011

NEW YORK -- The New York Times led Friday morning's paper with a headline over eight years in the making: "U.S. Marks End to a Long War for an Uncerta...

What Does This Design Firm's Prototype Remind You Of?

Posted 12.09.2011

Built to maximize sunlight and outside space, Seoul's planned Cloud Towers undoubtedly took into account numerous design factors... but perhaps not th...

Ron Paul: 9/11 Caused 'Glee In The Administration'

Posted 12.09.2011

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul launched a harsh charge against the Bush administration Thursday night, alleging that it responded to the 9/11 att...

WATCH: A Look At The CIA's Secret Romanian Prison

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 02.06.2012

WASHINGTON — One of the CIA's most important secrets in the war on terrorism was hiding in plain sight, on a leafy residential street along a bu...

Judge Says Islamic Center Park51 Cannot Be Evicted, But Must Pay Back Rent

Posted 11.29.2011

A Manhattan Judge has blocked Con Edison from evicting Park51, the proposed Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan. The center however will need to pay hun...

A Readers Revolution: Engaged

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 01.11.2012

Steve Rosenbaum

I've known a lot of writers in my life. They tend to have strong feelings about the subjects they choose to write about, and once their book is published they're even up for a good debate.

What if the Occupy Movement Is a Revolution?

Max Berger | Posted 01.02.2012

Max Berger

The greatest contribution the occupy movement has made thus far has been to inspire us to imagine solutions at the scale of our problems. This is a revolutionary concept.

NYPD Needs Investigation Over Muslim Spying Program, Says Civil Rights Panel

AP | By MATT APUZZO | Posted 12.19.2011

WASHINGTON -- A former Homeland Security Department civil rights lawyer, speaking at a Justice Department civil rights conference Wednesday, implored ...

NY Judge: Al-Qaida Owes $9.3 Billion For 9/11 Harm

Yahoo! | AP – 15 Hours Ago | Posted 12.15.2011

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Al Qaeda Owes $9.3 Billion For 9/11 Damage, Judge Recommends

AP | Posted 12.14.2011

NEW YORK -- A magistrate judge in New York has recommended al-Qaida be assessed $9.3 billion for the damage done to properties and businesses in the S...