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CEO of 9/11-related foundation reflects on service to first responders, vets, families

Frank Siller is founder, chairman and CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, established by his family to honor the sacrifice of their youngest sibling Stephen, who was a New York firefighter. The foundation is a reflection of the siblings’ Catholic faith.

• Supreme Court of Georgia reinstates six-week abortion ban

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published October 7, 2024

  On Monday, Oct. 7, the Supreme Court of Georgia reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban that was struck down by Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton County Superior Court one week before.

• Relief efforts underway in western North Carolina; flooding caused by Helene devastates region

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS HERALD/OSV NEWS
  Published October 3, 2024

  Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene.

• Georgia’s abortion ban struck down again; abortions can now be performed up to 22 weeks 

  

  By OSV NEWS
  Published September 30, 2024

  Judge Robert McBurney of Superior Court of Fulton County in Atlanta ruled Sept. 30 that Georgia can no longer enforce its so-called “heartbeat law” on abortion.