In the biggest attack so far against Kabul, U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital Wednesday, and explosions thundered around a Taliban military academy, artillery units and suspected terrorist training camps. Buildings miles away shook with the fury of the attack. One month later, Americans have removed 260,000 tons of rubble from the World Trade Center and created unknown tons in Afghanistan.
Smoke spires from ruins in both lands.
Fla. - A third person who worked at a Florida company has tested positive for anthrax and the case has become the subject of a federal criminal investigation, authorities said Wednesday. The parents of a teenage girl who killed herself have sued school officials, saying they ignored complaints that she was being harassed by a popular athlete whom she had accused of rape. Mike Mansfield, a quiet man who was U.S. Senate majority leader for longer than any other person in history, was eulogized Wednesday as one who gently used the power of his office. An apple truck plowed into a highway construction crew Wednesday, killing five workers. The truck hit several barrels at the construction site, crossed lanes and drove through holes in the road before hitting workers standing in a foot-deep hole, said State Trooper Cheryl Michalski.