Articles filed under Terrorism
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'Got to try something': How Lombard's Mark Frerichs survived 32 months of captivity in AfghanistanApr 23, 2023 6:00 am - First of two parts Early into his long captivity at the hands of the Taliban, Mark Frerichs tried to assert some order: He counted the days in his dirt-floor cell b...
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Ex-DePaul student gets 7½ years for trying to help Islamic State with computer programNov 18, 2022 12:00 am - An unusual terrorism case in Chicago came to a close Thursday when a federal judge handed a 7½-year prison sentence to a former DePaul University student from Park Ridge...
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Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terrorSep 11, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a st...
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9/11 terror attacks reverberate as US marks 21st anniversarySep 11, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to 'œnever forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. The ...
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Suburbs remember the horror and the unity after Sept. 11 attacksSep 11, 2022 1:00 am - More than two decades after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the images linger for those who were alive that day. “We will always remember the towers being struck by the plan...
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Today in Sports History: Rose beats Cobb's hits recordSep 10, 2022 7:00 am - Sept. 11 1886 - The Mayflower defends the America's Cup by beating Britain's Galatea in two straight heats. 1937 - Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm in five sets to wi...
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This Date in Baseball; Rose becomes All-Time Hits LeaderSep 10, 2022 7:00 am - Sept. 11 1912 - Eddie Collins set a major league record with six stolen bases for the Philadelphia Athletics in a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. Collins stole six more...
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2 decades later, 9/11 self-professed mastermind awaits trialSep 09, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks - the capture of a dishev...
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Suburbs to pay tribute to Sept. 11 victims, heroesSep 09, 2022 6:00 am - Several communities across the suburbs will observe the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with remembrance ceremonies. Here's a look at some of the ev...
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Biden confirms drone strike killed al-Qaida leader al-ZawahriAug 01, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he hailed as delivering...