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Voters going to the polls in Sweden...latest set of polls showing a tighter race... Today's US inflation report showing the Consumer Price Index remained at 3.4... More than 3300 deaths now reported from the Ebola outbreak... 44 people hurt...train derailment in northwestern France... On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States family members called on President Trump to hold Saudi Arabia to account... In Brazil...Supreme Court and Federal Police opening a corruption probe...leading opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro... North Korea launching a projectile eastwards... In the British House of Commons assisted death legislation failing... "BRICS" leaders...

In recent weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has visited firehouses around New York City as part of an effort to direct the public’s attention toward the victims, and away from himself. Three days before the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, conservative politicians stood with victims’ relatives on the steps of City Hall to repeat their demand that Mayor Zohran Mamdani not participate in the formal ceremony on Friday memorializing the tragedy. But in truth, Mr. Mamdani has been commemorating the anniversary for weeks. He met with firefighters at firehouses that suffered grave losses on that day, including Ladder 118 in Brooklyn...

I was working for New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner when the unthinkable happened on Sept. 11, 2001. As a death investigator, I would usually go to an apartment or the streets to investigate a homicide, a suicide or an accidental death. Now it was my job to “work the pile” — that is, to recover and catalog the shattered human remains found in the burning, smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. I had been at the OCME for nine years and had seen all manner of death. After some months my boss, Chief Medical Examiner...

Sept 11, 2001 eyewitnesses, reactions as it happened EXCERPTS 42A0348 - G30D2 -- Video 7 of 8 (Enhanced Video & Audio) -- R30 -- NIST FOIA #09-42 Joshua Good's 9-11 Footage -- YouTube.com -- Enhanced Video-Audio & Doubled FPS NIST FOIA 09-42 R14-UC -- WPIX Dub2 01-23 (WTC2 ExplosionHole NIST FOIA 09-42- R28 & R25 -- Air11 Helicopter 'Tape #1' (WTC2 Plane Crash-WTC 2 & 1 Collapse) NIST FOIA 09-42- R30 -- 42A0354 - G30D8 (WTC2 Smoke Cloud, 9-03am-Aftermath of 9-11) WTC 9-11 Video by Unknown, Incl. Collapses of WTC 2 & 1 (Enhanced Video, Doubled FPS) WTC Collapse Clips...

The campaign to name and shame the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case is just 50 shades of disgusting and, frankly, un-American. As we reported, it started with some of the 11 other jurors, some of whom ran to the mainstream media at the first chance they got to complain about the fact that the holdout juror, who we were informed is a man, didn't see eye to eye with them "on acquitting Clancy (finding her not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility [i.e., insanity])." One of them was admittedly miffed over the fact that, in her...

'What about Tate?' Dave Adamiak, whose son Patrick “Tate” Adamiak has 17 more years left to serve in federal prison, is confused, perplexed and nearing his wit’s end. While he appreciates all the support his son’s case has drawn—there are hundreds of videos and stories chronicled on his “Freedom for Tate” website—Tate remains is prison. To date, there has been no formal move to secure his release—despite the kind words of more than a few elected officials. Adamiak’s family sent a pardon request to Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Justice Department Pardon Attorney Edward J. Martin Jr., along with...

The United States will sell Black Hawk military helicopters to Argentina for the first time, despite renewed tensions with the UK over the Falkland Islands. The state department said the proposed $140m (£103m) deal – which would give Buenos Aires four UH-60L helicopters – would improve Argentina's ability "to meet current and future threats". The move follows Donald Trump's inflammatory comments about the Falklands, with the US president suggesting he would not help Britain fight an invasion of the islands by Argentina. Last week, The Telegraph reported that the US could also oppose Britain's claim to sovereignty over the islands...

ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 12 - Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war. The world’s largest crude oil exporter temporarily closed the pipeline after a drone attack that both Baghdad and Riyadh said had originated in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias operate. Iraq dismissed a military commander on Saturday in response to the attack. The 1,200-kilometre (745-mile) pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula had helped Saudi Arabia to bypass a shipping logjam in the Strait of Hormuz, where tanker traffic has slowed to a trickle due to...

Finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships Before Iran carried out its attack that killed three U.S. troops in July, Tehran acquired high-resolution satellite images of the base in Jordan from Chinese entities, according to U.S. officials familiar with details of the incident. It is the clearest evidence so far that Chinese support for Iran during the war has had lethal consequences for U.S. forces, according to the officials, who say the U.S. has connected the imagery to the attack. The U.S. officials declined to identify the Chinese entities...

Thanks to warm coastal waters and the developing El Niño, Southern California is seeing an influx of sea creatures not commonly found in the region. Last month, a hammerhead shark was captured on video near the Malibu Pier; they’re typically found in warm, tropical and subtropical coastal waters. Then, on Wednesday, a pilot working with Southern California’s commercial fishing industry recorded footage of a lone whale shark between Malibu and Santa Barbara Island. CREDIT: Carl Sbarounis/IG: airpilikiaWhale sharks are the largest fish in the world and, like hammerheads, are commonly found in warm, tropical waters – not California. Sbarounis estimated...

Dia Dhaoibh, a chairde! Thanks for joining me for another video. I really enjoyed exploring Slane, co. Meath this month and finding a few spots there. Please as always leave any feedback or suggestions I love to hear from ye all. Go raibh míle maith agaibh as féachaint, agus slán go fóill. Exploring Medieval Slane-Finding a Hidden Hermitage, Castles & Church Ruins. | 34:44 Jane Ní hEaghra | 6K subscribers | 205,353 views | September 2, 2026

Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers is lacing into his foe Dr. Abdul El-Sayed by highlighting a video from David Beamer, the father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer — as the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks fast approaches. The elder Beamer, a Michigander who endorsed Rogers this week, took aim at El-Sayed’s association with notorious far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who said in 2019 that “America deserved 9/11.” El-Sayed repeatedly stumped with Piker, though he did disavow that comment. “A citizen, I guess, has a free will and a right to say that,” David Beamer chided...

At 10:45 a.m. on September 11, 2001, a Coast Guard lieutenant named Mike Day keyed a radio in New York Harbor and said the only sentence that mattered. “All available boats. This is the United States Coast Guard. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan, report to Governors Island.” The boats were already coming. The bridges were closed. The tunnels were closed. The subways were dead. South of the towers, hundreds of thousands of people had nowhere left to walk. Some jumped into the Hudson. Some stood on seawalls that were never meant to be docks and...

Retired NYPD officer James Smith watched a drone show of 2,977 lights recreate the Twin Towers to honor every single person killed in the September 11 attacks, including his wife Moira Smith.

Is it safe to take the train from the airport mid-day or is an UBER the better way to go? Thanks in advance. I have never been to Chicago.

We loaded up the hot dog cart and hit the road for an exciting event just 1.5 hours from home near Daytona Beach, Florida

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering 9.11.2001 ~ ~ We Will NEVER Forget!! ~Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. John Phillip Sousa ~ Star Spangled Banner John Wayne~America: Why I Love Her John Phillip Sousa ~ Stars & Stripes Forever Toby Keith ~ Courtesy of The Red, White, & Blue (Angry American) Bobby Bare ~ God Bless America Again Charlie Daniels ~ My Beautiful America John Phillip Sousa ~ Armed Forces Salute John Wayne ~ Face The Flag Lee...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a “Squad” buddy whipped up a panic Thursday demanding the feds to probe “a national crisis” involving a string of “modern-day lynchings” of blacks — even though all available evidence does not point to racial animus in the tragic deaths. The far-left New York City Dem joined US Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and other Democrats in firing off a letter to US Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday urging them “to fully investigate suspicious deaths and hold individuals accountable,” citing “10 reported hangings of Black people” so far in 2026....

Alums for Campus Fairness evaluated schools on antisemitism response, anti-Israel organizing and Jewish life on campusThe difference between a hostile and a supportive campus for Jewish students may come down to how administrators act when tensions rise, according to a new report. Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) released its 2025-26 Campus Climate Brief in which it names the 10 most concerning and 10 most supportive campuses for Jewish students, along with a few "honorable mentions" in both categories. "The schools that get it right understand their role and understand that they have an obligation to support all students, including Jewish...

ransomnote: The prior posts in the series are here:John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen: 12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI [Introduction and Day 1 of the 12 day series]John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen: 12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI [Day 2 and Day 3 of the 12 day series]John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen: 12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI [Day 4 of the 12 day series]John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen: 12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI [Day 5 of the 12 day series]John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen: 12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI [Days 6, 7 and 8 of the 12 day series]John “TIG” Tiegen @TigTiegen: 12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI [Days 9 Parts 1 - 4...