Tag: September 11 attacks
Afghan vet: ‘What have we ended up with at the end of it?’
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in...
Search at collapse site revives memories of past tragedies
SURFSIDE, Fla. — The mangled concrete and twisted rebar from the collapsed high-rise near Miami triggered flashbacks for retired Oklahoma City Fire Chief Greg...
White House preparing to relocate Afghans who helped US
The Biden administration is stepping up preparation to begin relocating tens of thousands of Afghan interpreters and others who worked with U.S. forces during...
Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave
SAN DIEGO — In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the U.S. evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission...
Oscar De La Hoya announces boxing comeback vs UFC’s Belfort
LOS ANGELES — Oscar De La Hoya says he is returning to the boxing ring for a bout against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort.
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As COVID-19 crisis ebbs, some seeking 9/11-style commission
With more than 600,000 Americans dead of COVID-19 and questions still raging about the origin of the virus and the government's response, a push...
Austin: Al-Qaida could regroup in Afghanistan in 2 years
WASHINGTON — An extremist group like al-Qaida may be able to regenerate in Afghanistan and pose a threat to the U.S. homeland within two...
After Senate review, questions persist about Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate report released last week details security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and recommends how to...
US pullout from Afghanistan half done, but questions remain
WASHINGTON — The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is more than half done, and U.S. officials say that while it could be completed by July...
Library of Congress gets health workers’ audio COVID diaries
WASHINGTON — The Library of Congress has acquired a digital archive of the real-time impressions of more than 200 frontline health care workers documenting...