How 9/11 launched a new era of security spending

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<p>After the 9/11 terror attacks, federal defense spending surged. The <a href="https://apple.news/AuPqaYyE7T0e3zOy6AGEnXw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains how the funding increase transformed the national-security industry and paid for a vast surveillance system.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AN3hk6XmKQi2WV1TUgcymtA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">News-Times</a> reports on how families of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims are working to block a move by Remington&rsquo;s lawyers to subpoena the school records of some of the students and educators killed.</p> <p>As the NFL season kicks off, <a href="https://apple.news/A74qTg6EkRGmeYZ5S7UHp-Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> releases its football projections.</p> <p>Many gardeners think talking to plants helps them grow. The <a href="https://apple.news/AIabtUl_8S6WbHqaKtNW8FQ">BBC</a> looks at research on the controversial question of whether plants might be able to listen and even talk back.</p>