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crime

2 men including USAID employee killed in Bangladesh

NEW DELHI (AP) — Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh's capital Monday night, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said. It was the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners. Police said

congress

White House set to release secret pages from 9/11 inquiry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into the 9/11 terrorist attacks that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the hijackers. The documents, kept in a secure room in the basement of the

terrorism

High Court clears claims against Iran over ’83 Beirut bombing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and other attacks linked to Iran to collect nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian funds. The court's 6-2 ruling directly affects more than 1,300 relatives

terrorism

US hasn’t accounted for all personnel in Brussels

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says some government personnel in Brussels are unaccounted for since the deadly airport and subway attacks. State Department spokesman Mark Toner says the U.S. is still seeking to locate all its officials serving at the American missions to Belgium, the European Union and NATO,

terrorism

‘13 Hours’ returns Benghazi to political spotlight (MOVIE REVIEW)

BOSTON –"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," the new action film from director Michael Bay, depicts the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on the night of Set. 11, 2001, which left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead. Our

Syria

France bombs Islamic State HQ, hunts attacker who got away

PARIS (AP) — France launched "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the terror attacks on Paris were planned. In the

terrorist attacks

At ground zero, 9/11 anniversary now both public and private

Written by Jennifer Peltz and Jonathan Lemire NEW YORK (AP) — After years as a private commemoration, the anniversary of Sept. 11 at ground zero now also has become an occasion for public reflection on the site of the terror attacks.

Donald Trump

Re-Imagining September 11

A thought experiment: Place yourself back where you were the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The sky is that clear humidity-free blue that comes with the approaching fall, and the office towers of the Northeast are teeming with people as the work force is in full swing after summer vacation.