Family members and loved ones of victims of those who died on 9/11 attend the 20th anniversary commemoration ceremony on Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Chip Somodevilla/Pool/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Melinda Moran and Haydee Lillo embrace Saturday after finding out they had lost people who knew each other in the Sept. 11 attacks. Moran and Lillo stood next to the North Reflecting Pool during the 20th anniversary ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Mike Segar/Getty Images hide caption
President George W. Bush stands in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York and speaks to workers involved in the cleanup effort on Sept. 14, 2001. Doug Mills/AP hide caption
A child reaches out to touch a flower adorning the Sept. 11 memorial on the name of a veteran killed in the 2001 terror attacks. For today's generation of kids, 9/11 is a history lesson. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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The CDC "looked at COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in 13 states and offers further evidence of the power of vaccination," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC said at a White House COVID-19 briefing on Friday. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Crews set a backfire in an effort to gain control of the massive Caldor fire near the Tahoe basin in California on Aug. 26. Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images hide caption
In this Sept. 1992 file photo, Abimael Guzmán, the founder and leader of the Shining Path guerrilla movement, shouts inside of a jail cell after being captured in Lima, Peru. The Peruvian government reported Saturday that Guzman died after an illness. AP hide caption
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Twenty years after 9/11, the first responders who rushed in to save lives at the World Trade Center suffer higher rates of cancer than the general public. And many have died of cancers linked to the exposure to toxins in the air. But research suggests they're surviving at higher rates too. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images hide caption
9/11 First Responders Face A High Cancer Risk But Are Also More Likely To Survive
Afghans wait roadside with their belongings leaving Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 20, 2001. Taliban leaders, warning of a possible U.S. attack, urged Afghans to prepare for a long "holy war" against the United States. The Taliban were driven from power two months later, but remain a deadly insurgent force to this day. Amir Shah/AP hide caption
Protesters march in Kabul on Wednesday, a day after the Taliban announced their all-male interim government. At left, a protester carries a sign with a photo showing Banu Negar, a pregnant police officer who was killed in front of her relatives early this week in Ghor province. Family members accuse the Taliban of carrying out the killing. Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Peter Hemans spent the night at New Jersey's Hackensack Middle School, where he is the head custodian, to make sure emergency sump pumps were working properly. Anibal Galiana hide caption
Recovery workers head to ground zero in New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Langevin Jacques/Sygma via Getty Images hide caption
Col. Lamar Davis, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, says he wants the opportunity to correct the agency's issues before federal authorities intervene. Melinda Deslatte/AP hide caption
Trucks are parked at the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in the Be'er Tuvia Industrial area in Israel on July 20. Arizona has sold off Unilever bonds because the company's Ben & Jerry's subsidiary decided to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption
Tennessee high school student Grady Knox's speech in favor of masks in schools was interrupted when adults jeered and heckled his remarks. Storyful hide caption
Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview, Fla. Chris O'Meara/AP hide caption
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Teresa Garcia says she remains haunted by the dozens of undocumented workers she believes remain missing at the site of 9/11. Jasmine Garsd/NPR hide caption
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People walk near the sight of Ground Zero and the One World Trade Center on Aug. 30. The Wall Street neighborhood changed drastically after the 9/11 attacks as banks moved out of what had long been their home. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A federal judge on Friday ordered Apple to loosen some of the rules on its App Store for how payments are processed. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Patrick returned to Malawi in November 2020. He and Fiona aren't certain when they can see each other again but are looking forward to their reunion and wedding. Julia Gunther for NPR hide caption
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Claire Danes as CIA agent Carrie Mathison on Showtime's Homeland. Ronen Akerman/Showtime hide caption
For Many Who Were Present, The 9/11 Attacks Have Had A Lasting Mental Health Impact
California public schools and colleges would have to stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under legislation sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Liberty Plaza on Sept.11, 2001. Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos hide caption
The Summer After 9/11, A Photographer Documents A City's Healing
After more than 500 days with COVID restrictions, Denmark's high vaccination rate has enabled the country to become one of the first European Union nations to lift all domestic restrictions. Claus Bech/Ritzau Scanpix via AP hide caption
A worker walks out of an Amazon warehouse in North Las Vegas on March 31. John Locher/AP hide caption
More than 600 people have been charged in the Capitol riot investigation, and at least 60 have pleaded guilty. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
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