NEW YORK (AP) — A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb in a Times Square-area subway station at rush hour was on a suicide mission to kill only himself, a defense lawyer told jurors in a closing argument on Monday, contesting claims by prosecutors that he’s a terrorist.

“He wanted ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Navy in Virginia is holding a remembrance of the deadly attack on the USS Cole guided-missile destroyer.

Current and former crew members as well as friends and family plan to gather Friday in an auditorium at Naval Station Norfolk.

The Cole was attacked ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Few Americans these days can readily recall what happened on Oct. 23, 1983.

Ed Brown can never forget. Standing on the shaded side of the Friendly’s Express on Blythe Island Highway to escape Wednesday’s midmorning heat, Brown took a moment to explain why we all ...

ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan is speaking at ceremonies honoring fallen New Hampshire soldiers.

The senator on Saturday spoke at a morning dedication of a bridge on the Atkinson-Plaistow border in honor of Dimitrios Gavriel. Gavriel joined the Marines following ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Trump administration said Wednesday in an annual report that also highlighted another drop in terrorist attacks worldwide.

The State Department’s annual survey of global terrorism accused Iran of ...

HARTSELLE, Ala. (AP) — Robert Dotson had plenty of reasons to be sad Tuesday, but he would not.

At some point, however, he would think about the helpless moment he felt while in the courtyard at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed a domestic airliner into the western ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Extremism poses a greater global threat today than it did 17 years ago, despite costly U.S. military action overseas, according to members of the U.S. government commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks.

Deaths from terrorist attacks each year have increased ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Chris Sununu is declaring the 17th anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United states “Remembrance Day” in the state of New Hampshire.

The Republican governor signed the proclamation on Monday.

Tuesday is the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A directive from Gov. Doug Burgum has government agencies flying U.S. and North Dakota flags at half-staff in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks 17 years ago.

In a statement, Burgum said “the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, is forever seared into ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff in remembrance of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks 17 years ago on the East Coast.

Flags are to remain at half-staff from sunrise to sunset ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s largest city is one of many communities remembering the 9/11 terrorists attacks on the 17th anniversary.

Portland Fire Chief Keith Gautreau and Police Chief Vern Malloch are participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at Fort Allen Park on Tuesday. There will ...

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Ceremonies remembering the 9/11 terrorist attacks are scheduled Tuesday across Michigan.

Retired Brigadier Gen. Michael McDaniel will take part in ceremonies that start just after 7 a.m. in Grand Rapids.

Eastern Michigan University’s annual Ceremony of ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is speaking at Kansas State University about global security on the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Moran’s appearance is part of the Landon Lecture series. The series is named for former Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, who was the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Old Ironsides will commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with cannon fire and solemn music.

Navy crews with the USS Constitution on Tuesday will fire one-gun salutes to mark when airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a motorcyclist and passenger were injured in a crash during an event honoring those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire hikers have once again honored the lives lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The 17th annual “Flags on the 48” memorial hike was held Saturday. Hikers placed American flags on the summit of each of the 48 mountains in New Hampshire with peaks above ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A sapling from a tree that survived the 9/11 attacks in New York will be planted at the Indiana World War Memorial in Indianapolis.

The Saturday afternoon planting is part of a ceremony remembering the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is speaking at Kansas State University about global security on the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Moran’s appearance is part of the Landon Lecture series. The series is named for former Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, who was the ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Three members of Jordan’s security forces were killed Saturday when they stormed a hideout of suspected militants that had been rigged with explosives, the government spokeswoman said.

The officers had been chasing suspects in an explosion a day earlier in which a ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Latest on developments in Jordan (all times local):

10:45 p.m.

Jordan’s government spokeswoman says the number of police officers killed in the storming of a suspected militants’ hideout has risen to three.

Police had been chasing suspects in a bombing ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Republican leaders are disavowing a second of the party’s congressional candidates over contentious views they’ve promoted.

The state GOP chairman and other party officials say they’re withdrawing support for candidate Bill Fawell after reviewing ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says he plans to introduce a resolution that calls for declassifying all remaining documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Democrat is scheduled to appear Monday at the Legislative Office Building in ...

WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A charity created in memory of a New York City firefighter killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks says it plans to help the family of a slain Massachusetts police officer pay the mortgage.

The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced Wednesday it will ...

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have reportedly issued an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old Tunisian man on suspicion he aided in a terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market in 2016.

The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and broadcasters NDR and WDR reported the warrant was issued ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on what authorities say was a plot to bomb a July Fourth parade in Celveland (all times local):

5 p.m.

President Donald Trump is praising federal law enforcement personnel who say they foiled a suspected terrorist attack by an American-born ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is accused of trying to plan terrorist attacks with hacked social media accounts used to show self-proclaimed members of the Islamic State group how to make explosives and poisons.

In a criminal complaint released Wednesday, an FBI agent also details how ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut State Police trooper who contracted a rare form of cancer after responding to New York City following the 9/11 terrorist attacks has died.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that Trooper 1st Class Walter Greene died Thursday. He was 51.

The ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to set up a cell of the Islamic State extremist group in Latin America’s biggest country and recruit sympathizers to carry out terrorist attacks in Brazil.

The federal prosecutor’s office in the state of Goias ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Boston police captain’s son who’s accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a college campus to support the Islamic State group is expected to plead guilty next week.

Federal court filings show a plea hearing is scheduled for Alexander Ciccolo (chih-KOH’-loh) on ...