Just a Few Blocks Away...
Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?
Even Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a self-described "jackal," will be presumed innocent. But with all the constitutional embroidery, will Mohammed receive a fair trial in Manhattan?
nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Gov. Paterson on Monday joined the chorus of critics questioning the government's plan to try Kalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terror...
nypost.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
As the Freedom Tower makes its ascent into the city skyline, rising alongside it atop a crane will be a Subway sandwich shop that will turn out subs f...
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON — Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radica...
AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- The former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, says putting suspected Sept. 11 terrorists on trial in New York Cit...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON — Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States. The five detainees heading t...
nydailynews.com | By Celeste Katz and Adam Lisberg | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
The mayor's office admits it goofed when it invited a Brooklyn imam linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to City Hall for a Muslim community ...
Derek Beres | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment
Two albums have recently exploded into my inbox that are strong contenders for the "Best of" list for '09. Ironically, they are "albums" made in the '60s-'70s in lands overseas and from other time zones than Brooklyn.
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York
WASHINGTON — A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning...
AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1...
AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York
NEW YORK -- The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near...
nydailynews.com | Douglas Feiden | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
Taxpayers will have to cough up another $20 million for Ground Zero because of the brutal battle raging between the Port Authority and developer Larry...
nytimes.com | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
The tasteful Tiffany gift registry politely requests an opulent sterling silver Chippendale tray (listed for $2,868.75) and a delicate Queen Anne tea ...
Talat Hamdani | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
The military commissions, which will continue to be tainted by the dark legacy of Guantánamo, will always be doubted and cannot achieve the justice that 9/11 family members and all Americans deserve.
AP | ALAN SAYRE | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
AVONDALE, La. — A Navy assault ship built with tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center towers began its journey to New York on Tuesda...
AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The terror attack on the World Trade Center, which made New York City's police commissioner a national figure, cannot be br...
AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The FBI paid $250,000 this week to an Egyptian man detained when a pilot's aviation radio was found after the Sept. 11 attacks in his...
AP | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A city task force on medical problems linked to the collapse of the World Trade Center says tens of thousands of New Yorkers have sou...
Kelly Caldwell | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
Everyone remembers the huge dust clouds. Almost immediately, people began streaming into the Disaster Assistance Center where I worked, asking for help with toxic-air related problems.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
I can think of no greater tribute to the victims of September 11th than in the positive and inspirational actions that millions of Americans have taken on their behalf both today and year round.
Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
So what message would I like to send out today 9/11? No words at all. Simply a chant of actual final cell phone conversations of people, who simply and heroically witnessed a yearning to love.
New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
Representative Jerrold L. Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat whose district includes ground zero, introduced a bill on Thursday that would require the Unite...
AP | SUZANNE MA | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — The selfless spirit that helped mend a stricken nation eight years ago was renewed. Volunteers marked 9/11 Friday by tilling gardens,...
Mike Doyle | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago
You can hold onto the past only for so long until looking backward becomes fear of moving forward. Sometimes a day should just be a day.
Jeff Goldstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
I am an American, and I am a New Yorker. I grew up in Long Island, then the Bronx. I grew up with an iconic skyline shaped by the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings and the World Trade Center.
Gerald Shargel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York