The imam behind a controversial Islamic center near New York's ground zero broke his silence Tuesday, hours after a coalition of leaders denounced anti-Muslim bigotry. Eighteen people died in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, police said. A key informant returned to the stand Tuesday in the trial of four men accused of plotting to bomb Bronx synagogues, and the prosecution showed video surveillance that shows the defendants allegedly handling what appears to be explosive devices. The five candidates vying to be the state's next Attorney General squared off Tuesday night during a live debate on NY1. Some middle school students will start the school year without yellow bus service, after a judge Tuesday pushed back ruling on a temporary restraining order. Elected officials and local leaders gathered Tuesday at the World Trade Center site saying the redevelopment projects are well underway, as two steel columns taken from the Twin Towers' wreckage were installed at the entrance to the September 11th Memorial and Museum. Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.

AP - David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness.

A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a military base in Georgia faces multiple charges that include threatening to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, according to federal court documents filed Tuesday.

AFP - The toll from the heaviest rains in living memory in Guatemala and Mexico rose above 50, as Guatemalan officials called off the search for 15 more corpses because of safety fears.

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