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The New York Times: The day lives changed, 20 years on

The day lives changed, 20 years on.

Smart glasses made Google look dumb. Now Facebook is giving them a try

New York Times: The Ray-Bans will take photos and videos, answer calls and play podcasts.

Is 'superhuman' Covid immunity possible?

Two vaccinations after being infected with Covid may turbo-charge the immune system.

Louisiana State Police: Beatings, buried videos, a violent, racist system

Louisiana State Police videos reveal extreme level of violence, especially against blacks.

Rebuilding ground zero was a mess. Lower Manhattan bloomed anyway

New York Times: The fraught reconstruction was a missed opportunity.

9/11 conspiracy theories debunked: Experts explain how the twin towers collapsed

The explanation for the buildings' collapse is widely accepted among engineers.

Comment | After 9/11, we don't need less US intervention abroad, we need better US intervention

Twenty years on from 9/11, what have we in the West learned?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt masks up to celebrate Māori Language Week

The Hollywood star was gifted the mask by the Māori Language Commission.

Taliban forms all-male government for Afghanistan

Interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani is on the FBI's most-wanted list with a $5m bounty.

Women sending killer dad 'racy' letters

He killed his entire family – but 'dozens' of women are vying for his attention.

Children of 9/11: 'I spent my childhood expecting him to walk through the door'

Times: More than 3,000 children lost a parent in the terror attacks of September 11.

Hospital worker reveals the horrific seven final stages of Covid

Hospital worker shares the stages of a Covid-19 case – and how it can claim a life.

Trying to find your mother's remains from ground zero, 20 years later

New York Times: The medical examiner's office is still working to identify 9/11 victims.

Lower Manhattan rebounded after 9/11, but Covid erased the gains

New York Times: Offices have emptied out, tourists are gone, and retailers have shut down.

Editorial: Scars from 9/11 have only grown

Editorial: Bush's 'war on terror' was an open-end escalation framed in religious rhetoric.

How a small town silenced a neo-Nazi hate campaign

New York Times: A town reflects on its effort to drive Trump's extremist supporters out.