The review process surrounding the decision to release 28 classified pages from a joint congressional report that focus on alleged Saudi Arabian involvement in the September 11 attacks is in its final stages, former Sen. Bob Graham told CNN on Wednesday. Graham, the co-chairman of the 2002 congressional inquiry that has led the push to have the documents released to the public. More.

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages from Saudi Arabia, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto. The Saudis, who deny responsibility for the 2001 attacks, strongly object to the bill and have threatened to sell up to $750 billion in U.S. securities and other American assets in retaliation if it becomes law. More.

Hundreds of athletes raced to the top of One World Trade Center on Sunday to remember and to raise money for charity. Nearly 1,000 people participated in the second annual Tunnels to Towers Climb, scaling 2,226 stairs to the top of the New York skyscraper where the World Trade Center once stood. More.

Lawmakers are scrambling to review the 28 secret pages of the congressional 9/11 report that the Obama administration might soon release to the public. There have been 72 requests by members of Congress to read the pages since the new session of Congress began in 2015, according to the House Intelligence Committee, which approves the requests. That’s nearly triple the approximately 25 requests in 2013 and 2014. More.

Though the infamous 9/11 attacks are nearly 15 years behind us, every American adult remembers where they were that day. Chapel Hill resident Joe Dittmar will certainly never forget. He was in a meeting on the 105th floor of Two World Trade Center. Of the 54 insurance executives at that meeting, Dittmar is one of seven who made it out alive. More.

Saudi Arabia is rejecting a “60 Minutes” report about a classified document that may prove a Saudi link to the 9/11 hijackers. The explosive allegations are contained in a secret section of a report on the terror attacks known as the “28 Pages.” Former members of Congress who have read the document want the Obama administration to declassify the report. More.

In 10 days, President Obama will visit Saudi Arabia at a time of deep mistrust between the two allies, and lingering doubts about the Saudi commitment to fighting violent Islamic extremism. It also comes at a time when the White House and intelligence officials are reviewing whether to declassify one of the country's most sensitive documents -- known as the "28 pages." More.

Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, the New York City chief medical examiner who raced to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and returned to the morgue with every rib broken to face the monumental forensic challenge of identifying the 2,753 victims of the attacks, died on Friday in Westwood, N.J. He was 79. More.