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New Afghan leader passes 1st test

August 20, 2021 at 5:25 a.m.

As he successfully negotiated the terms of surrender for Kandahar, the last Taliban stronghold, Hamid Karzai demonstrated how he was transforming himself from a scrappy field commander to prime minister-designate...

N.Y. plane crash kills 265

August 20, 2021 at 7:17 a.m.

Less than two minutes after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to the Dominican Republic, American Airlines Flight 587 smashed into a quiet, seaside residential area...

4 get life for ’98 terrorist attacks

January 30, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

Following poignant pleas from victims to show no mercy, a federal judge Thursday sentenced four associates of Osama bin Laden to life in prison without the possibility of parole for...

New York is healing from scars of disaster

January 30, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

A month has passed, and daily life in the city still is viewed through the prism of Sept. 11. Uniformed troops patrol Grand Central train station's marble halls, and new...

Giuliani ends bid to stay for 3rd term

January 30, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

Saying he did not want to divide a city that has shown remarkable unity in the three weeks since the World Trade Center attack, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani pulled...

New Yorkers snap up supply of gas masks

January 30, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

The hottest new must-have item in Manhattan this fall is a gas mask. Stripped from the shelves of retailers, such masks now are nearly impossible to find. Experts, though, warn...

Giuliani seems to leave door ajar to staying

January 30, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

On the eve of a complicated and somewhat lackluster mayoral primary, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Monday declined to put to rest rampant reports that he was considering ways to extend...

Ability to blend in, innovate a deadly combination

January 30, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

Americans learned in the last few days what the intelligence community has known for years: The most deadly terrorists may be living next door, acting like typical suburbanites and looking...

Ability to blend in, innovate a deadly combination

August 20, 2021 at 11:08 a.m.

Americans learned in the last few days what the intelligence community has known for years: The most deadly terrorists may be living next door, acting like typical suburbanites and looking...

City fills churches to grieve, reflect

January 30, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

On the sixth day a heartsick city rested, reflected on its mounting losses and readied to go back to work. As the list of missing from the terrorist attack on...

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