Petition started to name new Staten Island Ferry after 9/11 hero
Why It's So Hard to Stop a Cyberattack - and Even Harder to Fight Back
Imagine that the United States is hit by a cyberattack that takes down much of the U.S. financial infrastructure for several days. Internet sites of major banks are malfunctioning. ATMs are not working. Banks' internal accounting systems are going haywire. Millions of people are affected. More.
What to expect now that Internet providers can collect and sell your Web browser history
After Congress handed President Trump legislation Tuesday that would wipe away landmark privacy protections for Internet users, we received a lot of reader questions about what happens next. The legislation makes it easier for Internet providers, such as AT&T and Verizon, to collect and sell information such as your Web browsing history and app usage. But let's get into the details: You wanted to know whether the measure could help the government dig up dirt on people.
At World Trade Center Memorial, a Bombing Is Forgotten
They came to Lower Manhattan from around the world to visit the 9/11 Memorial on an unseasonably warm winter day. They came to see where it had happened — where terrorists had crashed two jetliners into the World Trade Center towers, destroying them in horrific plumes of ash, flames and pulverized concrete. More.
FL Senate Bill 516 to Help First Responders with PTSD
The final passing of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act was a major milestone for first responders. Zadroga was a New York City detective whose heroic response to the terrorist attacks the morning of Sept. 11 became the direct reason for his death. More.
In the wind: Experts say thousands of Downtowners affected by toxic 9/11 dust still missing from Zadroga Act rolls
It’s been more than 15 years since the 9/11 attacks spread a cloud of toxic chemicals and dust across Lower Manhattan, and advocates say that many of the people who were harmed by it still don’t realize how they were affected - or that help is available. More.
Studying the Impacts of Dust from the World Trade Center
Chronic health conditions ranging from cancer to “World Trade Center cough” have been attributed to exposure to dust from the September 11, 2001, attack and collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Biology Professor Ann Marie DiLorenzo and her research team have been determining the impact of that dust on lung cells since 2007. More.
Chattanoogan will be face-to-face in Guantanamo with her brother's 9/11 killers
Sometime Tuesday, two days after leaving her East Brainerd home, Marvina Baksh will walk into a courtroom at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, and come face-to-face with the men the U.S. government says killed her brother. But she says she will have no hatred for them, more than 15 years after the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and shattered her tight-knit family. More.