Americans are remembering 9/11 with tear-choked tributes and pleas to ‘never forget’ 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
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Eastern Ukraine towns hit in overnight strikes
The barrage of attacks came as Ukraine pressed forward with a counteroffensive just to the north in the Kharkiv region, pushing Russian forces into a retreat from key areas.
Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror
The president took part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony held at the Pentagon under a steady rain.
A queen and her corgis: Elizabeth loved breed from childhood
The pups will now live with Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
Weather helping, but threat from Western fires persists
The cause of the Mosquito Fire in Northern California is under investigation, and the state’s largest utility supplier says unspecified ‘electrical activity’ occurred around the time of the first report.
Aid for flood victims arrives in hard-hit Pakistani province
Several countries have sent multiple planeloads of aid, with United Arab Emirates being one of the most generous contributors.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Z. Lee to be a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Heat wave breaks in Southern California
A tropical storm brings cooler temperatures and spotty rain.
Hong Kong speech therapists sentenced to 19 months for books
The prison sentence is imposed for their role in the publication of children’s books deemed seditious.
5 dead after New Zealand boat flips in possible whale strike
The water was dead calm at the time of the accident, and the assumption was that a whale had surfaced from beneath the boat, a local official said.