When disaster strikes, your smartphone might just be your best friend. From Google Wallet to Apple Pay, digital tools are becoming part of emergency preparedness. Tech expert Michael Garfield, the High-Tech Texan, joins us this morning to share how your device can help and what else you'll want in your emergency kit. More.

Volunteers at the World Trade Center site on 9/11 have had more significant post traumatic stress disorder than police officers, firefighters, and other trained professionals, according to a recent Stony Brook University study. More.

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a plea deal to resolve the Sept. 11, 2001, case with life sentences, a decision that could restart lengthy proceedings toward a death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay. More.

A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al Qaeda's 2001 attacks. More.

A divided federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Friday tossed out an agreement that would have allowed 9/11 terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in another failed effort to end a years-long legal saga surrounding the military prosecution of men held at Guantánamo Bay. More.

In a small, quiet, island-like section in the Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, a black monolith with more than 520 engraved names stands in front of a Japanese maple tree. More.

At the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, plans are already underway not just for this year's ceremonies, but for the 25th observance of the attacks, which is coming up in 2026. KDKA-TV's Chris DeRose reports. More.

At the end of last week, Congress passed the “big beautiful” budget and reconciliation bill, and President Trump signed it into law. More.