The recent conclusion of Dylann Roof's trial is the latest reminder that homegrown terrorism has become part of the fabric of life in America. This problem shows no signs of fading, yet reveals a threat that is both rarer and more complex than simple explanations suggest. More.

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center has finally been able to add five missing portraits of people who died on Sept. 11, 2001. This was largely thanks to what Jan Ramirez, senior vice president of collections and chief curator at the Memorial and Museum, calls "a small, wonderful miracle." More.

Katherine Lotspeich was stopped cold by the front page of The New York Times last Sept. 11. She was about to leave her home in Washington, D.C., to teach a Sunday morning yoga class. But she couldn’t take her eyes off a photo depicting a portrait gallery of victims in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. More.

You look at yourself in a mirror; something you might do at least a few times during your day. But this time it’s not just to catch a fleeting casual glance of your reflection. You want to gaze at your face intently to acknowledge that the face looking back at you is that of a 9/11 survivor. This is the face you want to scrutinize; as if for the first time. More.

A state trooper who got sick after serving as a first-responder to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center has died. State Police announced late Wednesday night Lt. Bill Fearon had died of cancer. Last year, he was diagnosed with a glioblastoma — a malignant brain tumor. Three days later, he underwent surgery and continued to fight the cancer until he died early Wednesday, State Police said.

Fifteen years after the collapse of One World Trade Center in New York City, researchers are still learning how the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, impacted people’s health. When the twin towers fell on 9/11, a cloud of hazardous materials enveloped the surrounding neighborhood and coated everything and everyone exposed to it for several days. According to a new study, those dust clouds likely contributed to negative birth outcomes for Lower Manhattan mothers.

SEN. MARK WARNER seems to know better than anyone in Congress that nothing gets done without bipartisanship and cross-chamber cooperation. With that in mind, the Virginia Democrat has gone about assembling a large pool of co-sponsors to back his initiative to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, one of the nation’s premier challenges. More.

Comprehensive care of post-9/11 asthma in adolescents should include management of mental health-related comorbidities, according to a recent report. The paper, wrtten by Lisa Gargano, City Research Scientist III - Scientist for Disaster Outcomes at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, Queens, New York, and colleagues, appeared in the September issue of Nature.com. More.