The long-classified pages detailing the alleged ties of the Saudi Arabian government to the 9/11 hijackers will be released by Congress as early as Friday, sources told CNN Thursday. Known as the "28 pages," the secret document was part of a 2002 Congressional investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks and has been classified since the report's completion. More.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, the 9/11 memorial museum is staging a major special exhibition that in some cases uses actual remnants of the day of terror in works that convey both grief and tenderness. Brutal reality still dominates the display opening on 12 September. More.

When Patty Lewis was a teacher at Westport’s Greens Farms Academy, she often tested young applicants with an eye to increasing diversity and keeping standards high at the prestigious private school. Sadly, many of the hopeful children from Bridgeport didn’t make the cut. “They just didn’t have the skill set from the first 5 years,” said Lewis, a Fairfield resident. More.

Several lone wolf terrorists in the United States, including the Orlando shooter who killed almost 50 people in a nightclub in June, were likely exposed to online propaganda from terrorist organizations such as ISIS. Social media campaigns have been connected to the radicalization of several attackers within the United States. More.

After horrific events like mass shootings or attacks by terrorists, parents are faced with this dilemma: What do I tell my kids? How can I talk to them about something so senseless and indiscriminate? About something that we can't make sense of ourselves? "When we feel ourselves bombarded by images of brutal, ruthless violence and evidence of unbridled hate, the question of how to protect our children is a complex one," said Dr. Claudia Gold. More.

A parliamentary probe into last year’s Islamist terror attacks in Paris has identified a lack of communication among six French agencies, and between French and other European bodies, recommending the establishment of a U.S.-style national counterterrorism agency. But victims have taken issue with the investigator’s conclusion that the attacks could not have been foreseen or prevented. More.

After 15 years in exile, the World Trade Center Sphere might be homebound at last - sort of. Officials at the Port Authority, which owns both the iconic sculpture and the WTC site, said this week that they were working to relocate the battered sphere that survived 9/11 to the new elevated park on Liberty St. that opened to the public on Wednesday. More.

The events of Orlando are still fresh in our minds. They are a terrible reminder of the new phase of the complicated terrorist threats we face. Globally, we have moved from a world of terrorist-directed attacks, to a world that also includes the threat of terrorist-inspired attacks – attacks by those who live among us in the homeland and self-radicalize, inspired by terrorist propaganda on the internet. More.