The fund was opened in 2011 to compensate for residual illnesses and deaths linked to toxic exposure at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., after terrorists crashed four hijacked airliners in 2001.

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1. President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency and signed a funding bill Congress passed Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown. The bill includes $1.75 billion for border fencing, and Trump aims to obtain an additional $6.5 billion for wall construction. He intends to redirect money from a Treasury Department drug forfeiture fund and a Defense Department drug interdiction ...

Nine members of a fraternity at Louisiana State University were arrested Thursday in connection to hazing activities that allegedly took place last fall, officials said.