Train Disaster News

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen.

Officers were dispatched to Avenue I after receiving reports of a male breaking out the windows of the Viaero Wireless store.

As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom someday.

She said when she heard the train and saw the lights, she and others got off the bus and ran.

Train service from New York to Boston was back on schedule Wednesday on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways, five days after a derailment in Connecticut injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.

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Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge Wednesday they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the convicted murderer should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend,... The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts ... (more)

In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo bystanders react as emergency personnel respond to an accident after a parade float carrying veterans was struck by a train in Midland, Texas, killing four veterans and injuring sixteen others.

A traffic alert for drivers who travel on Meade Avenue - the street closed Tuesday at the intersection with Carlton Road while crews put in a new railroad crossing.

A fourth-grader at a school that took a direct hit from Monday's deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, recalled a sound "like a train" as the twister struck and an act of heroism by a teacher.

The accident happened as the Canadian Pacific Rail eastbound train was rolling through an area near the village of Jansen, about 150 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.

News Shopper understands the accident happened between the Charlton Lane level crossing and Charlton station at around 9am this morning.

Police responded to a semi-rollover on Clovis Rd. and Lubbock Landmark Lane Tuesday.

Commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.

Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling.

MOORE , Oklahoma - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.

Crews maneuver heavy machinery to clear the tracks after two trains collided early Monday morning, May 20.

The St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department is still investigating the scene where a 45-year-old Potsdam man was struck by a locomotive Sunday night.

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Brooks, 58, of Staten Island, N.Y. had taken the train into Connecticut Friday to drop off donated prom dresses for Bassick and Central High School students in Bridgeport.