2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1094+ words) It's been 25 years since Dave Owens climbed into the pile of twisted metal, broken concrete and toxic soot at Ground Zero. He still avoids documentaries about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that claimed thousands of lives. Owens' job was to find…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (48+ words) A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children's agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from win... The South Bay came together to honor local heroes…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (52+ words) Yahoo Bob remains a powerful example of why a storm's category doesn't tell the whole story. Although it had weakened to tropical-storm strength by the time it reached Maine, Bob had been a major hurricane only hours earlier, leaving behind…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (531+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, a fire truck built in Louisiana continues to serve as a reminder of how people across the state responded to one of the darkest days in American history. The…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (361+ words) Today is Sept. 11. On this day in: 1789: Alexander Hamilton took the oath of office as the nation's first secretary of the treasury. President George Washington nominated his former Revolutionary War aide-de-camp, and Congress approved his appointment the same day. 1903: The…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (536+ words) Mesa resident Elle Deveraux set out on New Year's Day 2002 to carry an American flag on a 4,300-mile trek from Oregon to New York. Called the "Patriot Line," the 147-day journey allowed strangers across the country to share their grief…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1767+ words) Every time Ray Lehner steps on an airplane and moves toward his seat, he thinks about Mark Bingham. How Bingham and other Flight 93 passengers quickly hatched a plan on 9/11. How they rushed up the cramped aisle. How they ambushed the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (535+ words) Today is Sept. 6. On this day in: 1781: Benedict Arnold, a former Patriot officer already infamous for betraying the American cause the previous year, ordered his British command to burn his hometown of New London, Connecticut. As a turncoat, he led…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (13+ words) Yahoo New exhibit at Rogers Historical Museum...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (606+ words) work like he had any other day. Then he saw the news. Reports that a plane had hit the North tower of...the building. The location of the impact made the news even more personal: the plane had struck the…...