Articles filed under Terrorism
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McConnell pledges vote on 9/11 bill after Stewart criticismJun 25, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to call a Senate vote on a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks n...
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McConnell to meet 9/11 responders to discuss victims' fundJun 24, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is meeting this week with Sept. 11 first responders following withering criticism from comedian Jon Stewart that...
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Zion men guilty of conspiring to aid Islamic StateJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - Two Zion accused of giving cellphones to an undercover FBI agent to be used as detonators for bombs have been convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to the ...
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Prosecutors to appeal would-be bomber's sentenceJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors are taking the unusual step of appealing the 16-year prison sentence handed last month to a Hillside man who in September 2012 tried to set off a 1,0...
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Jon Stewart keeping up pressure on Mitch McConnellJun 18, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Comic Jon Stewart used his buddy Stephen Colbert's late-night show to keep the heat on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for passage of legislation ...
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Jon Stewart lashes out at Congress over 9/11 victims fundJun 12, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Comedian Jon Stewart scolded Congress Tuesday for failing to ensure that a victims' compensation fund set up after the 9/11 attacks never runs out of m...
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New memorial area dedicated at World Trade Center siteMay 30, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Family members of recovery workers who died after digging through smoldering ruins joined city officials Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new sect...
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Architects of post-9/11 CIA interrogation program to testifyMay 20, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Two former CIA contractors who designed the harsh interrogation program used after the Sept. 11 attacks are being summoned to testify before the milita...
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Second judge departs long-running 9/11 case at GuantanamoMay 02, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A second military judge is stepping down from the long-running Sept. 11 war-crimes case at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Marine Corps Col. Keith...
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Easter bombings retaliation for New Zealand mosque shootings, Sri Lankan official saysApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka on Tuesday described the devastating string of Easter bombings that killed at least 321 people as a response to attacks on two mosques in ...