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Opinion: Pointless Protest Against New Mosques

(June 21) -- Recently in my hometown of New York City, two very ugly public discussions about the role of Muslims in American society emerged. Each, in its own way, suggests that dangerous misconceptions about Islam continue even nearly nine years after Sept. 11, 2001. First in Staten Island, where efforts to open a...

Settlement Awards $712.5M to Ground Zero Workers

(June 10) -- A renegotiated deal with the city of New York will give more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and cleanup workers a payout of $712.5 million in compensation for health damages they said they suffered at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. After almost three months of negotiations over the terms of the payout,...

Al-Qaida's No. 3 Leader Reported Killed by US Strike

(June 1) -- Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a founder of al-Qaida and its third in command, has been killed by a U.S. drone strike in the northern border regions of Pakistan, according to the terrorist group and a U.S. official. The loss of Egyptian-born al-Yazid -- also know as Saeed al-Masri -- is a major blow for al-Qaida, and...

At Ground Zero, a Battle's Decisive Moment

NEW YORK (March 11) -- A longstanding battle that has stymied construction at the site of the World Trade Center comes to a head this week. Barring a last-minute deal, arbitrators are set to impose a solution Friday on the financial spat that pits the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, against...

Never-Before-Seen 9/11 Attack Photos Released

(Feb. 10) -- Just-released aerial police photos show the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11, 2001, from a new angle. ABC News was handed 2,770 photos, many taken from police helicopters, after filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Click through the...