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Sen. Charles Schumer (file / credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Schumer: FBI ‘May Have Messed Up’ In Handling 2011 Tsarnaev Investigation

Sen. Charles Schumer, who is often a staunch supporter of federal agencies, said there are serious questions now about what the FBI knew about the Tsarnaev brothers before the deadly Boston Marathon bombings and ensuing reign of terror.

2013/04/28

Two Religious Groups Launching Campaigns Against Anti-Jihad Ads

Last month, following a court order, a controversial ad went up on the subway, saying, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad.”

2012/10/08

Controversial Pro-Israel Subway Ads Immediately Defaced, Stamped As Hate Speech

In the wake of violent uprisings abroad following the release of an anti-Islamic film, some said they are worried the ads could fan the flames here in New York City.

2012/09/25

Rudy Giuliani (file / credit: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages)

Rudy Giuliani Reflects On 9/11 Ahead Of 11th Anniversary

Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Rudy Giuliani, who was mayor of New York at the time, says we have to remain vigilant.

2012/09/10

9/11 Victim Compensation Fund To Accept Applications Starting Monday

The fund is intended to help people who became ill after working at Ground Zero and others whose sicknesses can be tied to the site.

2011/10/02

Mourners honor 9-11 victims at St. Peter's Church (credit: CBS 2)

Memorial Service Honors Port Authority Employees Slain In Terror Attacks

In the days following 9/11, victims’ family members came to St. Peter’s Church just up the street from where the Twin Towers fell, to find comfort. They returned 10 years later to remember the fallen.

2011/09/11

Firemen gather on a debris-covered street after the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. (credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

CBS 2′s Don Dahler Recounts September 11 Experience

Dahler was on his fire escape, only a few blocks north of the World Trade Center, with a clear view of the Twin Towers, talking live on national television when the second plane hit.

2011/09/11

Reflecting Pool at 9/11 Memorial (credit: Pool/Getty Images)

9/11 Memorial Architect Discusses Vision For Landmark

The National September 11 Memorial is just a few short steps from the frenzy of the streets of Lower Manhattan. It has two, one-acre reflecting pools in the exact footprints of the Twin Towers, where water seemingly disappears into a void in the center.

2011/09/09

NYPD officer inspects truck at Times Square (credit: CBS 2)

Motorists Cope With Pre-9/11 Security Checkpoints Across NYC

“They’re doing a good job for the people to be safe. You know, we live in a dangerous world, never know what going to happen,” truck driver Arthur Sarkasian said.

2011/09/09

9/11 Commission Chair: Nation’s Safer Now Than 10 Years Ago

Former New Jersey governor Tom Kean Sr. said he remains concerned about domestic terrorists because people with U.S. passports who want to do harm are more difficult to thwart than international terrorists.

2011/09/09

An armed marshal outside the federal courthouse - Brooklyn, NY - Sep 9, 2011 (credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Suspected Terrorist Agron Hasbajrami Arrested At JFK Airport, Indicted Friday

A New York City man sought to travel to Pakistan so he could die as a martyr by fighting jihad against U.S. forces, federal prosecutors said Friday.

2011/09/09

Jury Finds Terror Suspect Who Grew Up In Brooklyn Guilty

Jurors had heard testimony from a friend of Kaziu who grew up with him in Brooklyn. He told them they traveled together to Cairo in 2009 with plans to try to join Muslim militants and take up arms against U.S. troops.

2011/07/08

Increased police presence in NYC (credit: CBS 2)

NYPD Maintains Heightened Security Following Hotel Attack In Afghanistan

Police spokesman Paul Browne said the move wasn’t prompted by a specific threat in the city, but the nation’s biggest police department is taking no chances as it learns more about the attack on Kabul’s Inter-Continental Hotel, which is frequented by foreigners.

2011/06/29

Longtime Second In Command Of Al-Qaida Assumes Leadership Of Terror Network

Osama bin Laden’s longtime deputy Ayman al-Zawahri has taken control of al-Qaida, the group said Thursday, a widely anticipated move that comes at a time the terror network is struggling for relevance amid a wave of Arab uprisings that has threatened to upstage it.

2011/06/16

Fourteen-year-old Kristen Grazioso places balloons on a carved stone Monday, May 2, 2011, in Middletown, N.J., that honors her father, who was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (credit: Mel Evans/AP)

Middletown Residents React To Death Of Osama Bin Laden

Nearly one-fourth of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks were New Jersey residents. Middletown lost 37 residents that day, the second highest 9/11 toll among New Jersey towns.

2011/05/02

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