Amtrak train was traveling at twice speed limit when derailed
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – An Amtrak train in Philadelphia was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour, over twice the speed limit, when it entered a curve in the tracks and derailed, killing seven people and injuring more than 200, federal investigato…
Derailed Amtrak train lacked latest U.S. safety controls
WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The commuter rail route where an Amtrak train left the track on Tuesday was not governed by an advanced safety technology meant to prevent high-speed derailments, investigators said on Wednesday.
U.S. House votes to ban most abortions after 20 weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks, a measure strongly opposed by the White House.
Some Wisconsin protesters arrested amid demand for role in probes
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested Wednesday in Wisconsin’s capital and more than two dozen were arrested for blocking a road a day after a prosecutor ruled that a Madison police officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed biracial teena…
Baltimore rioting damage estimate at $9 million: U.S. government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Damage from rioting in Baltimore over the death of a black man from injuries in police custody is estimated at $9 million, a U.S. government survey showed on Wednesday.
Missouri passes right-to-work bill, but governor’s veto expected
(Reuters) – Missouri Republican lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that would stop workers from being required to join a union or pay dues, but without enough votes to override an expected veto by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon.
Police say U.S. army vet shot himself to death in Phoenix
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a U.S. Army veteran in the parking lot of a Veterans Affairs facility in Phoenix as an apparent suicide, police said on Wednesday.
South Carolina legislators approve body cameras for police
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina lawmakers unanimously passed a measure on Wednesday that will require all state and local law enforcement officers to be equipped with body cameras.
California city takes away welcome mat from Airbnb, other rental services
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Santa Monica, a prime Southern California tourist destination, has approved restrictions on short-term home rentals that will limit companies such as Airbnb, in what the city’s mayor touted as model regulation for other communit…
Life on the line as Boston bombing jury weighs Tsarnaev’s fate
BOSTON (Reuters) – The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial on Wednesday began deliberating whether to sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death or to life in prison for the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264.
