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Thousands of drones illuminated lower Manhattan, with one light for each person lost on the day of the September 11th attacks. David Muir shares how the breathtaking drone show came together.

Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, ABC's David Muir looks back on the day that changed America, and the hope in a phone call decades later.

Friday marks 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, which claimed the lives of 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville.

A phoenix created by children who lost loved ones on 9/11 stands as a symbol of healing and hope and is now on display at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

"I felt this duty to give back, and I still do," Marian Fontana says.

Rob Fazio, founder of the nonprofit “Hold the Door,” shares how he continues to celebrate his father’s heroic legacy 25 years after the 9/11 attacks.

The U.S. is offering intel and targeting assistance to Saudi Arabia, they say.

Some family members of 9/11 victims used the 25th anniversary ceremonies to openly call on the president to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the attacks.

ESPN's Jorge Castillo is at Yankees stadium sharing how Major League Baseball is honoring those lives lost 25 years ago.

A quarter-century after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, ABC News goes inside the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to witness the hallowed space that's dedicated to making sure people never forget.

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum added a seventh moment of silence at this year's ceremony to honor those who have died of illnesses related to their time at or near the World Trade Center site.

Retired NYPD Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce reflects on responding to 9/11 and preserving the legacy of officers lost in the years since.

Former President Barack Obama, former President Joe Biden, former President George W. Bush and their wives are at Friday morning’s New York City 9/11 ceremony.

9/11 first responders' exposure to air pollution and extreme heat in the neighborhoods they live in compounded poor health outcomes, a new study finds.

Presidential historian Mark Updegrove says the events of Sept. 11 are "seared into the consciousness of Americans."

An organization called 9/11 Day has turned a day of tragedy into a day of doing good deeds in honor of the lives lost on 9/11.

ABC News' Stephanie Ramos reports from Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring those who died aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.

The triplet sons of an FDNY firefighter who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks are following in his footsteps and honoring the legacy he left behind.

Twenty-five years after he rushed to help others on 9/11, FDNY Chaplain Father Mychal Judge's legacy of faith and compassion continues to inspire.

It’s estimated 400,000 people were exposed to toxins, risk of physical injury and stressful conditions from 9/11 and the aftermath, according to the WTC Health Program.

Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month

The House is expected to take up a punishing Russian sanctions package next week, though prospects of passage are uncertain despite the overwhelming support the bill received in the Senate

The Trump administration has provided a $99.6 million loan to a U.S.-owned cell phone network operator in Africa to expand American tech presence on the continent

The Justice Department says an Afghan woman who was accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the United States and whose case was the first for an obscure and long-dormant court has been deported

Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of one of Hawaii’s most picturesque islands during recovery from the latest tropical storm to thrash the state

President Donald Trump is observing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by attending a ceremony at the Pentagon

Two decades after U.S. authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed away at a military detention center in Cuba, the purported mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks sometimes seems barely any closer to being put on trial than the day he arrived

The highest court in Massachusetts has issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody

Rapid changes in Missouri's political map confused voters about which congressional district they would have been in

Man put to death for killing linked to ‘Hog Trail Murders’ in Florida’s 15th execution this year

Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges

Body camera footage of immigration arrests at a snack-food factory in upstate New York offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration raid

Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment claims last week as jobless claims remain at historically low levels and layoffs are still rare

A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” in the 1990s is scheduled to become the state’s 15th person executed this year

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Norbert has formed in the Pacific Ocean and isn't threatening land

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August

Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as they have for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries

One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast roughly two minutes ahead of the collision

An Ohio man has been found incompetent to stand trial after his 16 grandchildren were found living in filthy conditions

Scientists and investors are restoring a 23-square-mile tract of peatland in North Carolina to help curb climate-warming emissions and restore native habitat

North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast

U.K. lawmakers have voted down a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives

Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is under a Supreme Court investigation for allegedly receiving $12 million from a disgraced banker to finance a movie about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro

The death toll from a ferry fire in the Philippines has risen to 35, with 54 still missing

Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician known for her work with the Radical Party, has died at 78

Four French fighter jets have embarked on a 40-day flight to showcase the country's military might and international cooperation

Sweden is holding an election Sunday that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of potential intensified Russian provocations at Ukraine's border crossings with Europe

Six Nigerian nationals linked to a criminal network accused of swindling American women out of over $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States

Authorities in Zagreb, Croatia, say a high school student has stabbed another student and a janitor

Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland

The United States is increasing pressure on the International Criminal Court, leading to more countries leaving the institution

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signaled that Canada may hold off on further retaliation against President Donald Trump’s latest trade measures, calling them “relatively modest” compared to earlier U.S. actions

Myanmar’s military-backed president is in Cambodia to meet its leaders

Police say a Dutch tour bus has overturned in eastern Switzerland, resulting in several deaths and injuries

As India’s capital prepares to host a summit of the BRICS grouping of countries this weekend, parts of one of the world’s busiest urban centers have been turned into tightly controlled security zones

Swiss federal intelligence has released a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death" for his horrific experiments at Auschwitz

A Chinese government spokesperson says China and the U.S. hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon

South Korea’s spy agency says it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a son

Israel has opened its embassy in Slovenia, boosting relations with the small European Union nation as ties soured with the United Kingdom and some of the other longtime allies

A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison

Chants of "Charlie, Charlie" filled the air during President Donald Trump's midterm convention as Republicans honored Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA leader who was assassinated one year ago

The Trump administration is proposing a dramatic overhaul around the once-a-decade U.S. Census head count that could leave out millions of immigrants based on status and key racial and ethnic data, jeopardizing the allocation of resources and the count…

While Vice President JD Vance is seen as a potential successor to President Donald Trump, attendees at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas are divided on their 2028 candidate preferences

The Trump administration is ordering officials in more than two dozen states to preserve records from the 2024 election

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A federal appeals court says the Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release recalls some of the darkest moments in the nation's history

The Seattle Seahawks showed that no matter who they have at quarterback, their Dark Side defense gives them a chance to win

Helena Foulkes has defeated Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the state’s Democratic primary, ending his bid for a second full term

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has addressed the Republican midterm convention, escalating tensions with his party

Missouri's redistricting battle has left voters confused just two months before a crucial November election

It’s one thing to issue a Declaration of Independence, but quite another to stand up a working government

President Donald Trump is using memes to portray himself as powerful amid struggles with inflation and international issues

Sen. John Fetterman is on shaky ground with Democrats in his home state of Pennsylvania

Dueling court orders have created new uncertainty for Missouri's congressional map just eight weeks before Election Day

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New data show the number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon

Election-season trading on prediction markets is skyrocketing as states fight to outlaw the platforms as unlicensed casinos

Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs with less than two months until Election Day

Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his party in this year’s midterm elections

Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien used the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Gander, Newfoundland, to praise Canada-U.S. friendship

U.S. stocks rebounded and clawed back much of their losses for the week after oil prices eased off their recent spurt

The Venice Film Festival this year focused more on global issues than Hollywood

Iran-backed Houthi rebels have captured the Red Sea port of Mokha and the strategic island of Mayun in Yemen

A federal court is declaring that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year

U.S. stocks are rebounding and clawing back much of their losses for the week after oil prices eased off their recent spurt

Nigeria's parliament is suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant protests targeting Africans

Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington’s war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel

BRICS leaders are meeting in New Delhi this weekend as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and U.S.-China tensions test the group's unity

A series of art heists in France has highlighted the country's struggle to protect its cultural treasures

Donald Trump’s pitch to send Americans $5,000 checks should Republicans prevail in the November midterms is drawing scorn from some members of Congress — the very people who have constitutional authority over federal spending

State environmental regulators are reviewing permits for the Line 5 tunnel project after a Michigan Supreme Court decision raised the bar for environmental reviews

Anthropic says it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance and research that could have led to biological weapons

Ryanair's CEO disputes claims that a passenger was partly sucked out of a window during a July flight

Ralph Lauren's New York Fashion Week show featured a starry guestlist with actors from Meghann Fahy, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki in attendance

A Hong Kong court has found the publisher of The Wall Street Journal guilty of trying to prevent a reporter from taking a leadership role in a local press union

World shares are mostly lower following a retreat on Wall Street as the price of crude oil again trades above $100 a barrel

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, they would be hard-pressed to find a buyer

The trade war between the U.S. and Canada escalated once again as the U.S. announced upcoming import bans on most alcoholic beverages from Canada, along with other products including whey, molasses and motorcycles

A racketeering conspiracy trial of Huawei Technologies has begun in New York, with federal prosecutors accusing the Chinese tech company of a litany of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system and…

A 54-year-old Greek woman has given birth to a baby girl from an embryo frozen for 22 years

Lawmakers are demanding information from OpenAI with separate queries that underscore growing concerns in Washington about the potential for artificial intelligence programs eluding human control

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws aimed at protecting children from the potential harms of social media and AI chatbots

A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected

Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continent’s ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States

The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are leaving spaceflight behind

Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns linked to the 2016 election

Indonesian rescuers are searching for eight people who went missing at sea while heading to report on a volcanic eruption at Anak Krakatau

China has dismissed U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers extract capabilities from frontier American AI systems

Meta is launching a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over

The world's biggest supplier of telecommunications network gear faces a criminal trial in New York

Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta have resumed after ash from a volcanic eruption forced a two-day closure that halted nearly 3,000 flights

Japan has protested Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips

Many influencers are sharing their divorce journeys on social media, using platforms like TikTok and Instagram to connect with others

Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta resume after ash from a volcanic eruption forced a two-day closure

The Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Indonesia is maintaining closures at several airports and shifting schools to remote learning though the eruption of Anak Krakatau is easing

The second season of "The Paper" and a new album from Bloc Party are among the streaming release highlights for the week of Sept. 7

A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures

The White House website has unveiled Arcade, a collection of five low-resolution video games that promote different aspects of President Donald Trump’s agenda

The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body

A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect

A Pennsylvania coroner confirms that the two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths

A 43-day nurses’ strike in Kenya that paralyzed public hospitals has ended after the government and the nurses’ union signed a return-to-work agreement

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says a study has found that 31 rugby league players have been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

Doctors in Kenya have threatened to join a strike by nurses that has entered a sixth week, citing an increased workload in hospitals as they cover for the impact of the industrial action

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband has died while undergoing treatment in Zanzibar

The burial of a young chorister in Bunia highlights the ongoing Ebola crisis in Congo

Carbon credit financing is helping to drive Africa’s clean cooking transition by making cleaner stoves affordable for millions of low-income households

Diagnosing endometriosis is often a challenge

The United States plans to phase out financial support for Namibia's HIV response programs

A deadlocked jury is scheduled to return for a seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading faster than efforts to track and contain it

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall

The latest government data shows Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases

Congo’s authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths

When kitchen burnout hits, figuring out what to make for dinner every day can feel like an impossible task

Kings of Leon are returning with a new album, “O My Beloved,” which marks a sonic shift for the band

Brenda Rae has stepped in as the lead soprano in Mozart’s “Mitridate” at Opera Philadelphia's opening night

The MTV Video Music Awards are returning to the West Coast with Snoop Dogg as host

Salman Rushdie, a U.S. citizen for the past decade, is set to receive a prestigious National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement

MusiCares will honor Irish band U2 as its Persons of the Year at a gala in February

Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died

Ralph Lauren's New York Fashion Week show featured a starry guestlist with actors from Meghann Fahy, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki in attendance

The 78th Emmy Awards are set for Monday night, with “The Pitt,” “Pluribus,” “Hacks,” and “Widow's Bay” leading the charge

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of "South Park," are changing the show's name to "SOUTH AMERICA," at least for now

Newly crowned NBA champion Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks will host “Saturday Night Live” when the new season begins later this month

The driveway of a coastal mansion in Malibu owned by actor Nicolas Cage has collapsed and opened a giant hole in front of the house

President Donald Trump is using memes to portray himself as powerful amid struggles with inflation and international issues

Authorities in Rome have unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome

The Venice Film Festival has showcased several high-profile films Tuesday, including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, a thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck

Sherri Shepherd plans to join the Broadway musical “Aladdin” as the Genie

Ellen Burstyn, at 93, stars as a 100-year-old Marilyn Monroe in the short film “Flesh Impact,” premiering at the Venice Film Festival

King Charles III authorized the release of a letter clarifying the status of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they’ve returned to the U.K. The letter on Monday confirms that the couple are no longer working members of the royal family and wi…

Thirty years after Argentine cumbia star Gilda died in a tour bus crash, the beloved singer has become something more to many fans: a miracle-working folk saint

“Widow’s Bay” has dominated at an early Emmys ceremony, winning eight awards for its debut season

Authorities have fined two companies after a well-known Chinese comedian altered the lyrics of a patriotic song during a performance

An acrimonious trade war between the United States and Canada is threatening to reinforce the resolve of Canadians who stopped visiting the U.S. last year

Illinois tourism reached new heights last year, breaking records in visitor spending and generating over $88 billion in economic impact

Rome's historic center is facing a golf cart controversy

The New York Yankees marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a ceremony including former players and a special first pitch

Alexander Zverev will play for his second Grand Slam title this year after beating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6) on Friday in the U.S. Open semifinals

Alex Bregman hit his 25th homer and doubled among three hits, Shota Imanaga tossed six effective innings and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-2 on Friday to end a four-game slide

Franco Mastantuono's hat trick has given Fiorentina its first win in Serie A

The U.S. Open women's final is a matchup of the top-ranked player in the world for almost the past two years against her successor at No. 1

At the first-of-its-kind Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Jakob Ingebrigtsen has got the latest laugh in a battle of distance runners and hurdler Masai Russell wrapped up an undefeated, record-setting season

Cooper Rush will be the Atlanta Falcons’ starting quarterback on Sunday at Pittsburgh after Tua Tagovailoa was ruled out on Friday with an oblique injury suffered in Thursday’s practice

Dylan Larkin is expected to be on the ice for the start of Detroit Red Wings training camp next week

FIFA judges have imposed life bans on two former soccer federation presidents for financial misconduct

In the nearly seven months since the San Francisco 49ers last played a game that counted, they watched the Seattle Seahawks celebrate a Super Bowl win in the Niners’ home locker room and the Los Angeles Rams get all the hype after an offseason that fea…

President Donald Trump is taking a break from the pressures of the Iran conflict and its economic fallout by heading to his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland

Irish cyclist Eddie Dunbar has won the third-to-last stage of the Vuelta

It’s supposed to be a track meet featuring the best of the best

The U.S. put forth a dominant performance to reach the semifinals of the women’s FIBA World Cup again

Sam Darnold played just five snaps

Aryna Sabalenka moved a win away from her third straight U.S. Open title, beating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2

North Dakota State's Tim Polasek built the foundation of his coaching career through the hard labor of logging the woods of central Wisconsin and overnight shifts at a steel mill near his hometown

Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return to the majors as the New York Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 to tighten the AL East race

No. 7 Miami set a school record for yards and tied the mark for points in a game, with quarterbacks Darian Mensah and Luke Nickel each throwing three touchdown passes in a 77-7 win over lower-division Florida A&M on Thursday night

Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel caught touchdown passes from Brock Purdy, and the San Francisco 49ers routed the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in the first NFL regular-season game in Australia