New York – The Republican candidate is in a strong position heading into Tuesday’s special election in the heavily Democratic Congressional district formerly represented by Anthony D. Weiner, according to a new poll released on Friday. Fifty percent of likely voters in New York’s Ninth Congressional District supported the Republican, Bob Turner, compared to 44 percent [...]

New York, NY – Not all heroism on 9-11 happened above ground. A quick-thinking motorman miraculously managed to evacuate over 800 people from the subway system, closing emergency brakes by hand and deftly maneuvering the train to safety after the system locked down. His amazing tale barely registered at the time of the tragedy, but veteran subway [...]

Paris, France – French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday he remembers being dumbstruck at seeing TV images of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, and still keeps a small steel block retrieved from the twin towers rubble in his office as a reminder. Sarkozy — seen as one of France’s most pro-American presidents in [...]

New York – Mayor Michael Bloomberg rode the subway Friday morning to assure commuters that the city is fully prepared for a potential terror threat before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. “We take every single threat that is credible seriously,” Bloomberg said as he stood on the platform at the City Hall subway [...]

New York – Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner, the candidates running for Anthony Weiner’s former seat in the 9th Congressional District, engaged in a debate on NY1 Thursday, exchanging verbal blows over topics that ranged from taxes to the proposed Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan. NY1’s Grace Rauh filed the following report. There [...]

Ankara, Turkey – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up his belligerent rhetoric against Israel, saying that Turkish warships will escort future aid boats leaving its territory for Gaza to prevent a repeat of last year’s raid by Israel on a flotilla that killed nine people. Erdogan’s comments to Al-Jazeera television broadcast Thursday were [...]

Canberra, Australia – United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday that he regrets that member nations have failed to agree on a comprehensive counterterrorism convention in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Ban said the U.N. could have achieved more. “We immediately started to agree on a comprehensive convention on international terrorism, [...]

Monticello, NY – The Monticello Casino & Raceway owner and its would-be partner in a resort development at the Concord is kicking in $100,000 in disaster relief for local victims of Hurricane Irene. Empire Resorts and Entertainment Properties Trust, partners in a plan to build a new racino and resort on 1,500 acres in Kiamesha [...]

Washington – “I remember seeing the first tower burning and realizing pretty quickly as the blue sky surrounded that image that every American remembers to this day,” recalls Dan Caine. Caine was like many Americans on 9/11, as he watched the unfolding horror on a television screen. “I truly realized that we were a nation under [...]

Washington – Rep. Jeff Landry knew not to yell at President Barack Obama during his jobs address Thursday night to Congress. That move made Rep. Joe Wilson famous a couple of years ago, and not necessarily for the better. Instead, Republican leaders urged their members to show up, keep an open mind and be polite [...]