In the aftermath of September 11th Kola Boof raised more than eyebrows with the assertion that she and Osama Bin Laden were once lovers. Like the opinions the Sudanese native shares as an outspoken writer and poet, the affair remains controversial and questionable in many circles. In the following essay Boof revisits her days with […]
(Wall Street Journal) — After a landmark legal settlement was reached earlier this month for people with 9/11-related health problems, some Ground Zero workers may be down to their last chance to get help with their bills if they get sick: a compensation bill in Congress. The settlement—which could direct as much as $815 million […]
(NYT) — Lawyers for the city and about 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers who say their health was damaged at ground zero announced Thursday that they had negotiated a new, $712 million settlement to replace one that a federal judge rejected three months ago. Read More…
(New York Times) — The planned skyscraper once known as the Freedom Tower was scorned for years by urban planners, downtown residents and real estate executives who regarded it as an oversize and unnecessary exercise in waste and hubris. But the acrimonious debates, cost overruns and lengthy delays in building the tower appear to be […]
(New York Times) — Lawyers defending the city and its contractors from lawsuits filed by about 10,000 people who worked on rescue and cleanup operations at ground zero went to a federal appeals court on Wednesday to challenge a judge’s authority to block a settlement. The settlement, reached last month, would divide $657.5 million among the […]
(New York Times) — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Wednesday that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his accused co-conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks may yet face trial in a federal court in the Southern District of New York, if not in Lower Manhattan. A trial in New York is “not off the table,” Mr. Holder […]