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The Amtrak train that collided with a freight train in South Carolina Sunday, killing two people and injuring more than 100, is the latest in a string of major crashes involving the passenger railroad. The early morning crash in Cayce came just five days after an Amtrak train carrying Republican […]

Just before kickoff in Sunday’s Super Bowl, President Donald Trump revisited his call for standing during the national anthem – following his repeated criticism of NFL players who chose to kneel in protest. In a statement thanking “the brave men and women of our Armed Forces,” Trump said “…we owe […]

A former deputy assistant attorney general who oversaw surveillance requests under President George W. Bush said the memo released by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee alleging abuses of government spying powers is “politically motivated” and “amateurish.” “It’s politically motivated, it’s sort of amateurish, it’s very short and it leads […]

A report says 35 manatees across Florida have died as a result of cold stress syndrome in January. The Bradenton Herald reports the deaths between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26 were tallied in a preliminary report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The commission says that was five […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan‘s personal account Saturday deleted a tweet intended to promote the benefits of the GOP‘s tax cuts following a flood of mockery on social media. Ryan’s account was quoting directly from an Associated Press story that highlighted wage increases taking effect for many Americans as a result […]

Police in Ohio are investigating how a 2-year-old girl died after her she was found unresponsive by her mother on the front porch of an apartment in freezing weather. The Akron Beacon Journal reports the toddler was found Friday afternoon and was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital, where she died. […]

SpaceX’s hot new monster rocket makes its launch debut this week, blasting off from the same pad that hoisted men to the moon a half-century ago. The Falcon Heavy won’t surpass NASA’s Saturn V moon rocket, still all-time king of the launch circuit. It won’t even approach the liftoff might […]

It’s been just over two years since 13-year-old Nicole Lovell was found stabbed to death after climbing out her bedroom window in Blacksburg, Virginia, to meet a much-older teenager whom she thought of as her boyfriend. Prosecutors say the teen was David Eisenhauer, an 18-year-old Virginia Tech student from Columbia, […]

At least 2 people are dead and at least another 70 injured after an Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina early Sunday morning, officials said. The two deaths occurred in the Amtrak train, not the freight train, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher confirmed. Injuries ranged […]

An Amtrak train and a freight train collided in South Carolina early Sunday morning, killing at least two people and injuring about 70. Some other recent Amtrak derailments and crashes that caused injuries or deaths: — Jan. 31, 2018: A chartered Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress to a […]