A recent Gallup poll found that terrorism fears in the US have eased since 9/11. However, confidence in government protection has also decreased.
Most Americans report that the events of September 11 still impact their daily lives, even 25 years later. This is according to the same Gallup poll, which provides insight into the lasting effects of the tragic events.
Further details on the poll's findings are available, offering a glimpse into how Americans' perceptions have changed over time.
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, there’s a whole generation of people who either weren’t alive or don’t remember the terror attacks. It’s the goal of memorials that we never forget. As bagpipes played, people gathered outside DeKalb Police and Fire headquarters in Tucker to remember...
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Twenty-five years after a Georgia K-9 handler traveled to help search the ruins of the World Trade Center, Joseph Grimaldi says he is still dealing with the aftermath. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Grimaldi grew up in New York and comes from a family...
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Coach Kirby Smart realized an explanation might be needed when he said his goal for No. 2 Georgia in Saturday’s game against Western Kentucky was to “continue to get better.” [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] After all, there seemed to be little room for...
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BROOKFIELD, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) - Connecticut authorities say a doctor has been arrested for sexually assaulting a juvenile patient and giving them drugs. Jose Mahfoud, a doctor of natural medicine at Sophia Natural Health Center in Brookfield, was taken into custody on an a...
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Kroy Biermann Jr. the son of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kim Zolciak and former Atlanta Falcons player Kroy Biermann has been granted bond. The 15-year-old faces multiple felony charges in a sexual assault case. Channel 2’s Ashlyn Webb obtained a copy of the bond order for ...
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Atlanta Police said they are investigating a fatal shooting Friday. The scene is on the 2700 block of Peek Road NW. Officers arrived after a call of shots fired around 3:15 p.m. A 35-year-old man was found shot in the torso in an apartment and dead at the scene. Witnesses say sus...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A new statewide attack ad from Rick Jackson’s gubernatorial campaign is targeting Democratic opponent Keisha Lance Bottoms’ record as Atlanta’s mayor, deepening an increasingly personal fight between the two campaigns before voters head to the ...
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JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi. During a press conference on Friday, Jackson Police secured two search warrants and an arrest warrant for a man identified as Jacq...
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DULUTH, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — This is not your typical basement ping pong match. Major League Table Tennis, the first professional table tennis league of its kind in the United States, opened its fourth season this weekend at the Gas South Convention Center, with the Atlanta...
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Dave Wilkinson says as one of two U.S. Secret Service supervisors with President George W. Bush on 9/11, he saw him make the toughest decision he ever witnessed by any of the several presidents he protected in his long career. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news br...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A person was shot and killed Friday at an apartment complex in Atlanta’s Collier Heights neighborhood, police said. Atlanta police said the deadly shooting happened at 2798 Peek Road NW, the address of the Park West apartment complex. Officers ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In July, at a press conference outside a Monroe hospital, Congressman and Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins made an accusation towards his opponent, incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff. “Jon Ossoff refuses to disavow these Democrat soc...
