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Free Press Opinion: Sept. 11 changed us; are we better for it?
Everybody has a story.

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Times Opinion: Trump disses 25th anniversary memorial for 9/11 while opening the door to more terrorism at home
Who could have imagined, as we sat glued to the screen watching ash-covered victims frantically flee the falling World Trade Center towers, that the type of terrorism threatening us 25 years later would turn 9/11 on its head.

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Ron Hart: WNBA is giving prison basketball a bad name
Capitalizing on the WNBA's inability (or unwillingness) to define what the "W" means in its name, several ex-NBA players have declared for the WNBA draft.

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Moment of Silence
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Sept. 11, 2026.

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9-11 Remembrance
Lisa Benson's Free Press cartoon for Sept. 11, 2026.

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Dear Abby: Sexagenarian ‘problem child’ disrupts family harmony
DEAR ABBY: I have a younger brother who has moved back to the area where the rest of our siblings live.

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Times Opinion: With Trump, even the trivial things do matter
President Donald Trump has renamed the lake formerly known as Ontario as Lake America. He's also renamed the Gulf of Mexico and has posted about renaming the Strait of Hormuz as Trump Strait. He's even mused aloud about renaming one or two oceans.

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Deborah Levine: How I’ll combine 9/11 and the Jewish new year
This year, the anniversary of 9/11 and the Jewish New Year coincide on Sept. 11.

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Dear Abby: Senior woman’s admirer lacks courage to confess
DEAR ABBY: I'm in love with an older woman. I'm 41, and she is about 35 years older.

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Free Press Editorial: Public incentives for amphitheater at Bend are uncertain
Public incentives are expected to be responsible for at least a part of the construction of a previously revealed, $300 million, 12,500-seat amphitheater at The Bend site in downtown Chattanooga, Colorado project developer Venu has said.
