Steven Bonano, a hero NYPD chief and 9/11 first responder, died Saturday from a rare form of blood cancer believed to be tied to his time at Ground Zero.
The Bronx-born Bonano, who served as commander of the NYPD’s elite Emergency Service Unit, passed away early Saturday morning at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with friends and family at his bedside, officials said. He was 53. More.
"The compensation program for people with health problems related to the Sept. 11 terror attacks says it has approved payments of $804 million to 3,100 claimants.
Officials at the Sept. 11th Victim Compensation Fund say they've paid $59 million as of Jan 2. The fund was reopened by the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. The Zadroga Act was named for a detective who died in 2006. It put $2.8 billion in the fund." More.
"Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said Thursday as the president tried to calm the nation’s inflamed religious tensions.
"U.S. and French intelligence officials are leaning toward an assessment that the Paris terror attacks were inspired by al-Qaida but not directly supervised by the group, a view that would put the violence in a category of homegrown incidents that are extremely difficult to detect and thwart.
At least 3.7 million people, including world leaders, marched in anti-terrorism rallies in Paris and elsewhere in France on Sunday, French officials said, calling the massive gathering in the nation's capital the largest in France's history. The day was emotional and peaceful, a gesture of unity just days after Islamic extremists slaughtered 17 people.
The terror attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo newspaper were as brutal as they were efficient. Within minutes, 12 people were dead, 11 more were wounded and the gunmen managed to shoot their way through multiple encounters with police.
City Council members are joining the fight to extend the Zadroga Act for ailing 9/11 first responders.
A resolution pushing for extension of the act, which funds health treatment and compensation for cops, firefighters, workers and area residents sickened after exposure to Ground Zero toxins, will be introduced Wednesday by Councilwoman Margaret Chin (D-Manhattan). More.
It's been more than a decade since the 9/11 report was released, and the leader behind the effort is pushing President Barack Obama to hand over the final 28 pages to the American public.
Those redacted pages from the congressional investigation into the attacks specifically focus on the role of foreign governments in the al Qaeda plot. More.