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Captain Steve Scheibner has spoken out about the chilling moment he discovered his name had been replaced by three stark words on the flight manifest of American Airlines Flight 11. Scheibner, a Navy veteran who flew out of Boston for…
The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum has permanently expanded its annual commemoration ceremony to include seven moments of silence, adding a new tribute for victims of 9/11-related illnesses. The change, announced ahead of Thursday’s 25th anniversary ceremony in New York,…
Retired Det. Lou Savarese still cannot forgive the men who carried out the September 11 attacks. Savarese, who spent 53 straight days working 12-hour shifts at the city morgue after the terror attacks, spoke out as the 25th anniversary approaches…
Vice President JD Vance will represent the United States at Friday’s 25th anniversary 9/11 commemoration at Ground Zero alongside the son of a fallen firefighter whose memory will be honored with a new Coast Guard vessel. Matthew Palazzo, an active-duty…
Mark Desire is still keeping the promise he made 24 years ago. Desire, assistant director at the City of New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 55, has spent his entire career since September 11, 2001, working to identify victims…
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum will add a seventh moment of silence to its annual Ground Zero ceremony this Friday, marking 25 years since the terror attacks that killed 2,977 people. The new pause, scheduled for 12:30 p.m., will honor…
A three-judge panel has dismissed Dan Schneider’s defamation lawsuit against the makers of the “Quiet on Set” docuseries. Schneider, 58, the former Nickelodeon producer behind hits like “iCarly” and “Drake & Josh,” sued Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony, and producers Mary…
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a rare public reprimand Thursday against Judge Shelley Joseph, ending an eight-year legal saga that began when she was accused of helping an immigrant evade ICE agents at her courthouse. Joseph, who remains…
Heather Penney is speaking out on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks about the suicide mission she and her wingman were prepared to carry out. Penney, who was 26 at the time, served as an F-16 pilot with…
Adam Levy, the son of television judge Judith “Judy” Sheindlin, has publicly backed a petition demanding New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani be barred from the upcoming 9/11 anniversary memorial at Ground Zero. Levy, 57, who stars in the forthcoming…
A Disney College Program intern died after a lightning strike just days after moving to Florida to start the program. Matthew Jenkins, 20, of Shelby Township, Michigan, had relocated to the Sunshine State last week and was running in a…
Thousands of mourners filled a Utah Valley University arena Thursday night to mark one year since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The crowd gathered in Orem, Utah, for an emotional ceremony honoring the Turning Point USA co-founder, who…
Stacey Humphreys’ execution date has been reset for September 16 after a Georgia judge heard his final appeal. Humphreys, 53, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at approximately 7 p.m. At the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson,…
President Trump announced Thursday that $500 rebate checks will soon reach nearly one million Americans who purchased health insurance through Affordable Care Act exchanges. The 80-year-old president revealed the disbursement in a video posted to White House social media accounts,…
A defense attorney for a Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her two young children asked a judge to free her and dismiss the case entirely on Thursday. Joseph Krowski, lawyer for Janette MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, argued there was insufficient…
Oklahoma City firefighters turned a medical emergency into a community moment last week. The crew, responding to a call about a man who became sick while mowing his yard, found the homeowner’s lawn only “half-finished” after sending him off in…