U.S. officials say Yemeni nationals will be offered temporary protected status (TPS) for another 18 months in a move that a former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director is calling an “extreme risk for this country’s security and safety.” The announcement on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security – which means that...
EXCLUSIVE — A rescued Israeli hostage is filing a lawsuit Tuesday against a U.S. nonprofit with financial ties to the Hamas operative who reportedly kept him prisoner. Almog Meir Jan, 22, was held captive by Hamas for nearly 250 days after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in southern Israel and was found in the home...
Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in the Gaza Strip caused by a nine-month Israeli offensive has likely helped push Hamas to soften its demands for a cease-fire agreement. Hamas over the weekend appeared to drop its longstanding demand that Israel promise to end the war as...
Sept. 11, 2001, was a dark day in American history that will forever be remembered. The terrorist attacks took the lives of nearly 3,000 people. Commercial plane passengers, civilians on the ground and first responders all lost their lives that day in a horrendous act that is remembered with great despair each year. The events...
On Sept. 11, 2001, four commercial planes were hijacked by terrorists. One plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, another went into the south tower. In Virginia, the Pentagon building was also hit by a hijacked plane, and the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, after...
In the face of horror, passengers on hijacked commercial planes made heroic phone calls to loved ones and emergency personnel, providing vital information about the tragic events unfolding before them. On September 11, 2001, two of the planes hijacked by terrorists hit the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City and another hit...
Calls made from those inside the north and south towers on September 11, 2001, displayed great strength in the midst of tragedy. Listening to the phone calls that were made, bravery can be heard, as people did their best to assist one another through the horrific events. Radio calls from first responders, including Orio Palmer,...
There are 9/11 memorials throughout the United States where you can go at any time of the year to pay your respects to those who lost their lives on a tragic day in American history. There is a memorial in New York City where millions of visitors go each year to honor the fallen and...
