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San Antonio man sentenced to 13 years behind bars for funding terrorists, plotting murder overseas
Read full article: San Antonio man sentenced to 13 years behind bars for funding terrorists, plotting murder overseasImad Eddin Wadi, 67, a naturalized United States citizen, conspired murder overseas for terrorist groups to profit from, according to court documents.
Gonzales man sentenced for providing support to ISIS and child pornography
Read full article: Gonzales man sentenced for providing support to ISIS and child pornographyJaylyn Christopher Molina, also known as Abdur Rahim, 24, is accused of conspiring with a South Carolina man to provide services to ISIS by administering a chat group to share pro-ISIS propaganda and instructions on firearms training and bomb making.
Nearly 2 decades later, experts are still working to identify remains of 9/11 victims
Read full article: Nearly 2 decades later, experts are still working to identify remains of 9/11 victimsThis many years later, officials are still trying to identify victimsā remains. The other 40% have been difficult to identify due to being badly damaged by fuel and fire. And in at least 40 cases in which theyāve used the technology, the DNA has been successfully extracted. However, there are no DNA samples from all of the family members of the victims for reference. āI would love to be able to say that weāre going to identify -- thatās our goal, to identify every victim,ā Desire said.
AP source: Mets to host Yankees on 20th anniversary of 9/11
Read full article: AP source: Mets to host Yankees on 20th anniversary of 9/11New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
AP source: Mets to host Yankees on 20th anniversary of 9/11
Read full article: AP source: Mets to host Yankees on 20th anniversary of 9/11New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK ā The New York Mets will host the crosstown Yankees on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 next season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The clubs will play at Citi Field in a game sure to be full of emotions for the city that's also reported over 18,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths this year. āI canāt imagine how powerful and how emotional of an event that could be," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. It'll be a homecoming of sorts for former Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who was hired as Phillies manager over the offseason.
Lives Lost: Holocaust survivor reclaimed Nazi-looted artwork
Read full article: Lives Lost: Holocaust survivor reclaimed Nazi-looted artworkToren died on April 19 in his Manhattan home from symptoms of the coronavirus. He left behind his son Peter and two grandchildren. āHe regarded it as justice and felt very strongly about it,ā said his son, Peter Toren. He left behind his son Peter and two grandchildren. But eventually he too was taken away to a concentration camp and came back three weeks later āa broken man,ā according to Peter Toren.
`Infecting our dreams': Pandemic sabotages sleep worldwide
Read full article: `Infecting our dreams': Pandemic sabotages sleep worldwideFor millions of people around the world dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, sleep brings no relief. Recording our dreams has never been easier.āThe dreams are also exposing what is bothering us the most about the pandemic. Pandemic dreams, she says, are reminiscent of the experience of Hiroshima survivors, who worried about invisible radiation exposure, and also of some nightmares described by Vietnam veterans. Other dreams underscore that no one knows how the pandemic will end. But that changes dramatically for frontline health workers, Barrett says.
The new town hall: Anxiety, fear and few satisfying answers
Read full article: The new town hall: Anxiety, fear and few satisfying answersāThat doesn't help me today,ā the man, identified only as William, told Rep. Andy Biggs on a telephone town hall on Thursday night, his voice rising. Across the country, anxious Americans are finding an audience for their questions -- if few answers -- in telephone town halls with their senators and representatives. But these are not the town halls of the past ā there's little ideological warfare or finger-pointing. The tough-but-strong advice of the two doctors who joined New York Rep. Anthony Brindisi's town hall: Quit your job. In New York, Brindisi participated in his town hall from his home, where he was in self-quarantine after being in contact with another member of Congress who tested positive for COVID-19.
Londoners a reminder of how ordinary people can fight back
Read full article: Londoners a reminder of how ordinary people can fight backFILE - In this Sept. 16, 2001, file photo, flight attendant Susan Udvari pauses at a memorial near the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93, in Shanksville, Pa. On Sept. 11, 2001, people aboard the plane tried to wrest control of the cockpit. The hijackers crashed it over Pennsylvania as people aboard the plane tried to wrest control of the cockpit. ___Lori Kaye, 60, was the sole person killed in an April attack at a synagogue near San Diego. A man who spoke about his hatred of Jews was arrested after the attack on the Chabad of Poway.
Tulsi Gabbard: Release documents related to Saudis and 9/11
Read full article: Tulsi Gabbard: Release documents related to Saudis and 9/11Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during a news conference at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)NEW YORK, NY ā Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard joined relatives of Sept. 11 victims on Tuesday in demanding that the federal government release the findings of its investigation into the Saudi government's role in the Sept. 11 attacks. She said the victims' families "want the truth, and they deserve the truth." Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit seeking the release of documents that they believe link the attackers to Saudi government officials joined Gabbard at a museum near the former site of the twin towers. The Saudi government has repeatedly denied involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, though 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis.