New York City and the nation are getting ready to mark 24 years since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. As the city honors the victims, advocates are calling on Congress to pass legislation to help ensure funding to care for first responders and survivors of 9/11. More.

Terry Strada, national chair of 9/11 Families United, speaks on a federal judge's ruling that families of 9/11 victims can sue Saudi Arabia for allegedly helping hijackers. More.

One hundred and sixty-one Connecticut residents were among the victims of the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. Every year, the state holds a ceremony at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport to remember them. More.

When mourners gathered in a Southern California church for Barbara Keating’s November 2001 memorial service, an urn was placed at the altar. The ashes inside were not those of the 72-year-old grandmother. Instead, they came from the rubble of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. More.

Ten-year-old Danielle Riches read off some of the names of the dead at the Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony last year, strangers who were killed before she was born. More.

Almost immediately after the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, dazed New Yorkers came together to mourn, and to start making sense of what happened. More.

Ahead of the 24th anniversary of 9/11, Democrats are demanding answers from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the future of the federal World Trade Center Health Program, which covers treatment for 9/11-related illnesses such as cancer and chronic coughs. More.

Soon, 2,983 names, so many familiar to Lower Hudson Valley residents, will be read aloud at what was ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001. Local towns and villages will hold similarly solemn ceremonies remembering residents lost 24 years ago in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.