(Reuters) – A conductor critically injured in last week’s deadly Philadelphia train derailment has filed a lawsuit against Amtrak, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Emilio Fonseca, 33, was taking a restroom break in the first car during his work shift when the passenger train went off the rails, killing eight people, attorney Bruce Nagel said at a news conference. Fonseca suffered a broken neck, back and both shoulders, and was
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will face about 20 of his victims at a hearing next month when he will be formally sentenced to die for the 2013 attack, a U.S. judge said on Tuesday. The same jury that found Tsarnaev, 21, guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 with a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race’s crowded finish line on
An ex-Congressional candidate from Tennessee faces up to five years in prison for plotting to burn down an upstate New York mosque and use an assault rifle against anyone who tried to stop him, according to court documents. Robert Doggart, who made a failed bid for Congress in 2014 as an independent with highly conservative views, pleaded guilty on April 29 to interstate communication of threats, according to a plea
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Railroad unions are urging Amtrak to put a second engineer in locomotives in the wake of a deadly derailment last week in Philadelphia.
Waco Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said that five gangs had been identified in a shootout that left 9 dead and 18 injured Sunday, but he would not give them publicity by naming them. Earlier reports, however, pinpoint at least two outlaw motorcycle gangs at the center of the chaos.
Yahoo’s Bianna Golodryga talks with experts about the fall of the major Iraqi city of Ramadi.
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Lindsey Graham says he is running for president. While the Republican senator will make his official announcement June 1 in his hometown of Central, S.C., he made his intentions clear during an interview on “CBS This Morning” Monday.
Amtrak trains began rolling again between Philadelphia and New York early Monday, the first time since a train derailment almost a week ago killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.
Authorities increase security to quell other possible attempts at criminal activity.