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The move is a start toward reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago this week.
Star Trek Archive
The television series 'Star Trek' turns 60 on Tuesday. The original show aired for only three seasons, but it spawned prequels and sequels (on TV and in theaters) and still has a cult following.
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Newly re-elected Mayor of Pensacola, D.C. Reeves, held his first weekly press conference of the new term on Wednesday. The meeting was highlighted by Reeves’ agenda for the development of Pensacola.
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The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning after less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking. -
Prosecutors told the court that Andrew and Tristan Tate boasted about having multiple passports and flying on private jets. But the Tates' lawyers argued they were only playing a role for their fans. -
In the months following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, New Yorkers were assured that the air around the fallen twin towers in downtown Manhattan was safe to breathe. It’s taken nearly 25 years for New York City officials to finally admit that was not true. -
As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11, thousands of workers without legal status who cleaned up Lower Manhattan in the wake of the attacks remain in the shadows, facing chronic illness and the constant threat of deportation.
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The independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission that investigated the attacks concluded that all the warning signs were there and even some of the attackers were being tracked by various intelligence agencies, but the government failed to “connect the dots.”
