More than ten years later, what should be done with the unidentified remains of 9/11 victims? That question—which many assumed had long been answered—came back to light this weekend when a group of families of victims gathered to protest a plan to store the remains in a repository, 70 feet below ground in between the National September 11th Memorial and the Museum next door. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Not to be outdone by Gwyneth Paltrow, who only saved one woman's life on 9/11, actor Mark Wahlberg has now told Men's Journal that he could have stopped 9/11 from ever happening! Actor Mark Wahlberg needs to stop reading so many movie scripts! more ›

Just in time for the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, a man who stole thousands from the September 11th Families' Association has been sent to jail for nine months. At the same time, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is warning folks to be super careful about giving donations to the many questionable 9/11 charities out there. more ›

With the tenth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks coming up, we'd like to hear about your experiences that day. If you'd like to share, please send along your recollections, stories, photographs, and videos. We'll be compiling them into a feature about what happened across NYC on 9/11, and the difficult days that followed. If you've got a memory to share, please email to tips@gothamist.com. more ›

Lower Manhattan residents who are fearful of the plan to host the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 plotters in a Foley Square federal courthouse have urged the city to relocate the legal proceedings to Governor's Island. And if that doesn't work, they've drafted a shortlist of other locations including White Plains, West Point, Stewart Airport, and Orange County. more ›

Architect Craig Dykers (of Norwegian-based design firm Snøhetta ) was joined by Mayor Bloomberg and other officials at 7 World Trade Center this morning to unveil new renderings for a downsized World Trade Center memorial museum and pavilion at the site of the former twin towers. The $80 million polygonal pavilion, which is being financed by New York State, will range in height from 57 to 72 feet and have about 40,000 square feet to use for public programs and museum exhibitions intended to "tell the story of the events of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993." more ›

This ad for Pakistan Airlines is real. And in the history of advertising, it really takes the creepy cake. Even worse than babies endorsing cigarettes! Seriously, if Nostradamus ran an ad firm to warn the world about blowback, this would have been in his portfolio. more ›

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg met with Joseph Zadroga, whose son James was a NYPD detective and worked hours of rescue and recovery after the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. James Zadroga's death has been controversial, as the NYC medical examiner's office ruled that his death was not due to exposure to toxic WTC dust but prescription drug abuse, findings that contradicted the expert opinion of two other doctors. Bloomberg entered the fray when he said that... more ›