A hearse carrying a fallen US Border Patrol agent has been escorted to a Vermont funeral home

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Law enforcement officers from around Vermont escorted a fallen U.S. Border Patrol agent to a funeral home Thursday, three days after he was killed during a traffic stop near the Canadian border. Hundreds of vehicles with lights flashing accompanied the hearse...

Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said. “He was a devoted agent who served with honor and bravery,” a family...

Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont was a military veteran who worked at the Pentagon during 9/11, family says

Pakistani airline says ad showing plane flying toward Eiffel Tower never meant to evoke 9/11

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s national airline said Thursday that an advertisement showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the Sept. 11 attacks. The illustration, not in video format, shows a plane superimposed over the French...

This is what the Homeland Security secretary has to say about his border record

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency's work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued against breaking apart the sprawling department in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press. ...

A contentious push to wrap up the 9/11 prosecutions takes an emotional toll on victims' families

NEW YORK (AP) — After his only child was killed on 9/11, Ken Fairben looked for justice in a far-off military courtroom on the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba. He traveled there multiple times to observe hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and...

The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration succeeded Thursday in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea in a deal that would spare him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. It is the latest...

The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks

Stowaways on planes and inside landing gear raise worries about aviation security

What is going on with aviation security? People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes twice in the past month. Two stowaways were arrested on different flights in November and December. Then a passenger opened an emergency door while a plane was taxiing in Boston...

Guantanamo's prisoners have reached a pivotal moment. So has the 9/11 case. Here's what to know

WASHINGTON (AP) — After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida’s shattering Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is reaching a pivotal moment this month. Court battles and dealmaking are deciding the future of many of those last men at...