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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Nigeria's election commission postponed the country's presidential election early Saturday morning, announcing the delay only hours before polls were set to open. The vote has been rescheduled for next Saturday, Feb. 23. Both Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and the leading opposition candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, urged the public to remain calm about the delay, though Abu...

A judge has sentenced a former "Melrose Place" actress to more prison time for a fatal 2010 auto accident