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As the Republicans open their national convention near the site of ground zero, testimonials to President Bush's leadership after the Sept. 11 attacks' dominate the night. Bush was never as popular in the polls as he was in the weeks following the attacks. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

Florida's 2018 legislative session begins today - and Governor Rick Scott will be delivering his annual, and final, State of the State Address to…

Next week, the Sept. 11 commission will release a report that portrays a government and country ill-prepared for a terrorist attack. Sources say the findings fault the CIA, FBI and Bush and Clinton administrations for ignoring signs of threat, failing to share information, miscalculation and inaction. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

One day before the Sept. 11 commission's report becomes public, the body's leaders brief members of Congress and key members of President Bush's staff. Commissioners gave Congress advance word of some of their recommendations, but not an advance look at the entire report. NPR's David Welna reports.

The majority of people in Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan say they do not believe Arabs carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A majority of British Muslims and 46 percent of French Muslims also share this view. And in Pakistan, the number is 41 percent.

The Sept. 11 Commission issues a follow-up report on how the White House and Congress have responded to the their recommendations. The panel issued advice last year on how to avoid another terrorist attack, but members say the results have been disappointing.

Interstate Bakeries, which makes Wonder Bread and Twinkies, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company blames low-carbohydrate diets for a decrease in demand. The company's Wonder Bread brand created the market for store-bought bread in 1921. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Susan Seligson, author of Going With the Grain: A Wandering Bread Lover Takes a Bite out of Life.

On the anniversary of 9/11, veteran Patrick Dowdell remembers his firefighter father who was killed on that day. An item of his father's recovered from the rubble was almost lost due to Sandy.

Two years ago, trucker John Holmgren turned his 18-wheeler into what he calls the Rolling Memorial. The truck is decorated with tributes to those who died in the terrorist attacks... and it attracts a crowd wherever Holmgren goes.

The meat processing corporation is based in Brazil, but the hack targeted servers in the U.S. and Australia. The FBI says REvil, a Russian-speaking gang, was responsible for the attack.