Aircraft Hijacking

EU naval force mounts first attack on Somali onshore pirate bases: With 300 hostages in the hands of Somali pirates, the first land attack on a Somali pirate base by the EU's anti-pirate force Tuesday was a delicate one: in all several speed boats were...

Before self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was brought into court Saturday, Carole Reuben of Potomac said his arraignment would mark "the beginning of the end of the process." Her son, Todd Hayes Reuben, was a passenger on American...

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The arraignment of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks got off to a rocky start on Saturday when the defendants removed their earphones and refused to listen to a...

State senators clashed sharply Thursday over whether the controversial busway between New Britain and Hartford is a brilliant transportation project or a potentially costly white elephant. After numerous hours, the Senate voted 19 to 15 to reject a...

Patrick Vogel never saw the World Trade Center outside of photographs, and he didn't know anyone who died on9/11. But as far as the Long Beach artist is concerned, he has a connection — a slight, geographical one — to the terrorist attacks...

Mark Swed reviews English National Opera's new production of John Adams' "The Death of Klinghoffer." There is no controversy, thanks, no doubt, to a combination of political soft-pedaling, strong theater and great music well performed....

Five senior members of Al Qaeda who are accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will face a death penalty trial at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay later this year, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-...

After being foiled by a Burien pizza delivery driver, an armed man hopped into the bed of a pickup truck stopped at a red light and attempted to hijack that vehicle. The incident was reported on the Burien Daily website. It began when the armed man...

Escaped hijacker and killer George Wright wins his bid to remain in Portugal. A court in Portugal has rejected the U.S.' request to extradite him....

Mark Wahlberg: Mark Wahlberg apologized this week for suggesting that he could have singlehandedly stopped one of the 9/11 planes from hitting the World Trade Center....

No Hesitation, No Surrender, No Man Left Behind: "Thunder Gun" -- the best damn movie of all time (which is probably Sylvester Stalone’s 2010 classic, "The Expendables") sounds pretty freaking sweet. Unfortunately, Obama caused a traffic jam and the...

For years there have been claims that detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been tortured by their interrogators, something that has repeatedly been denied by Washington. Now, the Center for Constitutional Rights claims to have evidence of mistreatment of...