An analysis by the Associated Press has indicated an Amtrak train in Philadephia was traveling about 107 miles per hour as it approached the curve and crashed. The speed limit was 50 miles per hour. At least 7 people were killed, 2 hundred others wer...
1. At least five people were dead after an Amtrak train went off the rails in Philadelphia Tuesday night. Dozens were injured. 2. Five people were found shot dead Tuesday evening in a home in Tucson, Arizona. Police suspected it was a murder suicide....
This is AP News Minute. Officials are searching for a US military helicopter that went missing in Nepal while delivering earthquake aid to victims. Defense officials say there is no indication the chopper crashed. The country was dealt its second maj...
1. A strong earthquake hit Nepal on Tuesday just weeks after another quake killed thousands. The US Geological Survey said the latest quake had a magnitude of more than 7, and that it hit a remote area. 2. US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with...
1. Residents are left taking up pieces of former homes after a string of tornadoes battered several small communities in rural Texas. At least five people are now dead, and scores of others were from the storm. 2. The mother of a man accused of fatal...
1. Two police officers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi were shot to death during a Saturday evening traffic stop. Three suspects are in custody. Two have been charged with capital murder. 2. A transformer failed at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in...
1. An NFL investigation found that New England Patriots employees likely deflated football and that the quarterback Brady was at least generally aware of it. The investigation was launched after the Patriots won the AFC champion game in January and C...
New rules are now in effect in California to try to conserve water use. However, state officials are concerned that citizens still may not understand how severe the crisis is. A judge in Afghanistan convicted 4 men of beating a woman to death. The me...
1. Newly appointed US Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited Baltimore to meet with community leaders following a string of recent violent riots. Lynch also met with family member of Freddie Gray who suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police cus...
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is expected to annouce on Tuesday that he's running for president. Huckabee is a Republican. 2 other Republicans, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson, declared their candidacies on Monday. A new group of migrants arriv...
1. Two more names add to the growing list of Republican presidential candidates. Former technology executive Carly Fiorina is expected to be the only prominent woman to seek the party's nomination. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is likely the only h...
1. The 10 p.m. curfew in Baltimore was lifted Sunday morning by the city's mayor one day earlier. Overnight, arrests for minor curfew violations were few and there were no major incidents. Church services in the neighborhood focused on rebuilding and...
1. Demonstrators took to the streets in a march that organizer billed as a victory rally after prosecutors charged six Baltimore police officers with crimes ranging from assault to murder in connection with the death of the 23-year-old Freddie Gray....
The game at Camden Yard did go on just with xx fans. For the first time in major league history the Baltimore Orioles and the White Sox plays behind closed doors. The decision was made to close the game to the publicans in the aftermath of Mondays ri...
President Obama says there's no excuse for violence in Baltimore a day after riots and looting erupted in the streets. Obama added that the looters from yesterday's events should be treated as criminals. Advocates and protesters demonstrated outside...
