The Obama administration is likely to fall far short of the lofty goals it set for itself at Thursday’s summit with Gulf leaders, several experts on the region said. While the White House has framed the seven-nation meeting as an opportunity to deepen and strengthen Gulf nations’ security relationship with the United States in light of a possible nuclear deal with Iran, the six foreign leaders attending have set out
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Federal investigators probing the deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia were waiting to interview the train’s engineer, whose attorney said on Thursday he did not remember the crash that killed seven people and injured more than 200 others. The train bound for New York City from Washington was barreling into a curve at more than 100 miles per hour on Tuesday night, twice the speed
By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – The jury weighing whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be sentenced to death or to life in prison for the deadly 2013 attack began its first full day of deliberations Thursday on his fate. The same 12 people, who last month found the 21-year-old guilty of killing three people and wounding 264 others at the race’s crowded finish line, deliberated for about an
(Reuters) – A train derailed in Pittsburgh on Thursday morning and emergency crews were called, but the accident involved non-passenger cars and no injuries were reported, according to local media. ABC’s Pittsburgh affiliate WTAE said about 10 train cars derailed and that it appeared to be a freight train. Pittsburgh is on the opposite end of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, where an Amtrak train derailed on Tuesday night, resulting in seven
BOSTON (AP) — Jurors began their first full day of deliberations Thursday to decide whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves life in prison or the death penalty.
Just because the accident struck close to home does not mean Congress will increase an already shrunken budget for transportation.
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell tells Yahoo News that Americans are less safe from terrorism than they were when President Barack Obama won reelection in 2012.
Closing arguments are set for today in the federal trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Dozens of others were injured when the New York-bound train crashed in Philadelphia.
Closing arguments are set for today in the federal trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.