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Somerville woman survives 9/11, two cancers to ride first Pan-Mass Challenge

Almost 22 years after Kathy Ball-Toncic ran barefoot from the North Tower on 9/11, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. While her team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute cannot, definitively, link her disease to the toxic dust she inhaled as she fled the World Trade Center site, she is part of the WTC Health Program. More.

New York State Finalizes Rules for Notifying Current and Former Employees of 9/11 Fund Benefits

New York State recently finalized regulations requiring employers to notify current and former employees who worked in Lower Manhattan and Western Brooklyn during and in the months after the September 11th terrorist attacks of their potential eligibility for benefits from two federal compensation funds. More.

11 Freedom of Petition Examples You Should Know

The right to petition under the First Amendment helps ensure the government remains accountable to the people. While the government does not have to respond to or act on anyone’s “petition for a redress of grievances,” it cannot retaliate against people when they ask for change. More.

9/11 health fund: Advocates honor living and the dead at film screening

Those born on Sept. 12, 2001, turn 24 next month. They are old enough to drink, drive and vote, but have no recollection of life in a pre-9/11 world. More.

New Judge Assigned to 9/11 Case Ahead of 24th Anniversary of Attacks

An Air Force judge who was in college at the time of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been named as the new judge in the long-running terrorism case at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. More.

Documentary chronicles the lasting effects of 9/11-related illnesses

The city will mark 24 years since the terror attacks on Sept. 11. The impact of that day still lingers for so many people. Thousands of first responders have either died from 9/11-related illnesses or are sick. More.

Port Charlotte barber finds solace as 9/11 plotters lose plea deals

A federal appeals court has denied plea deals for three men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks. This decision has brought a sense of justice closer for many families, including one from Port Charlotte. More.

After plea deals are canceled, what happens next with the Guantanamo 9/11 trials?

The September 11, 2001, terror attacks happened almost a quarter century ago, but the men charged with orchestrating them have still not gone to trial. They've been held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than two decades, and chances are increasing that they may eventually die there without ever being convicted. More.