The Justice Department defended Austin’s decision to end the plea deals, filing an unusual appeal with the D.C. Circuit on Jan. 7, seeking to block the military courts from continuing with further ...

Improved DNA testing was used on minute remains found in the World Trade Center wreckage, the NYC medical examiner's office said.

In 2024, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rejected the deal, stating that a decision on the death penalty for an attack as severe as Sept. 11 should only be made by the defense secretary.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has released a censored audiotape of suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — deleting a part officials said could be used to recruit future terrorists.

The new identifications were made through now-improved DNA testing of minute remains found more than 20 years ago amid the ...

It’s been nearly 25 years since five al-Qaeda militants hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 on Sept. 11, 2001. The plane was on its way from Dulles Airport outside of Washington, D.C., to Los ...

An appeals court on Friday denied Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and two of his co-defendants plea deals that would have eliminated the death penalty.

On Sept. 11, 2008, the memorial was officially dedicated and opened to the public. Today, visitors can walk the memorial grounds, located beside the Pentagon facade that was hit by the plane, 24 ...

Sept. 11 -- Stephen Push lost the love of his life, his best friend and partner of 21 years on that fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when his beloved wife, Lisa Raines, died on the plane that ...

Three 9/11 victims’ remains have been newly identified, officials said this week, as evolving DNA technology keeps making ...

FILE- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan, March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by the Associated Press.

Three 9/11 victims’ remains have newly been identified, officials said this week, as evolving DNA technology keeps making ...