The New York Times published the first of a series of articles on the Pentagon Papers, a Department of Defense report on US involvement in Vietnam. The documents revealed government deception about its actions during the previous three decades.
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists executed a series of attacks masterminded by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. At 8:46 a.m., a hijacked plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. A second plane crashed into the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. At 9:37 a.m., a third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, DC. At 10:03 a.m., passengers on a fourth hijacked plane caused it to crash in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, before the hijackers could fly it to its intended target, likely Washington, DC....