For World Trade Center cook, surviving 9/11 led to activism

Sekou Siby was a cook and dishwasher at the World Trade Center’s Windows on the World restaurant

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UN envoy: Failure to hold Libya vote could lead to conflict

The U.N. special envoy for Libya is warning that failure to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 24 could renew division and conflict and thwart efforts to unite the oil-rich North African nation after a decade of turmoil

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Rain helps in California fire fight, lightning sparks others

Firefighters battling massive California blazes say thunderstorms that dropped light rain gave them a little breathing room but lightning sparked several new blazes in the drought-stricken north

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Biden's vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges

President Joe Biden's administration is gearing up for another major clash between federal and state rule over its sweeping new vaccine requirements that have Republican governors threatening lawsuits

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US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war's end

The U.S. is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the deadliest terror strike ever on U.S. soil

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2021. There are 111 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. On this date: In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. In 1936, Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. In 1941, groundbreaking took place for the Pentagon. In a speech that drew accusations of anti-Semitism, Charles A. Lindbergh told an America First rally in Des Moines, Iowa, that “the British,...

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Arrest warrant issued for ex-Idaho lawmaker on rape charges

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Idaho lawmaker who resigned in disgrace after a 19-year-old intern reported that he brought her to his apartment on false pretenses and raped her

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Louisiana police boss says he's open to federal oversight

The head of the Louisiana State Police says he wants to know why 67% of his agency’s uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people

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Iowa judge denies woman's request to halt state mask ban law

A state court judge has declined to halt enforcement of an Iowa law that prohibits school boards from enacting mask requirements, saying there is no evidence that any school board would immediately impose a mask mandate if the law wasn’t in effect

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Woman is 2nd to admit role in death of 8 members of a family

An Ohio woman has become the second person from her family to admit to a role in the killings of eight people from another family

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Lawyer: Court must bar duo from deciding on death row case

A lawyer for an Oklahoma district attorney says a high-profile death row inmate likely will be recommended for a reduced sentence if two members of the parole board aren't removed

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Biden's vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges

President Joe Biden's administration is gearing up for another major clash between federal and state rule over it's sweeping new vaccine requirements that have Republican governors threatening lawsuits

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Grandmother pleads guilty to helping plan killings of 8 people from rival family in child custody dispute

Grandmother pleads guilty to helping plan killings of 8 people from rival family in child custody dispute

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