U.S. investigators wait to interview engineer of derailed Amtrak train
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
(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
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
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.
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities brought criminal charges on Thursday against an investment banker at Perella Weinberg Partners and his father for allegedly engaging in insider trading ahead of five healthcare mergers. Sean Stewart, who previously worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co, tipped off Robert Stewart, his father, about the mergers, enabling him and a business associate to make $1.16 million, according to a criminal complaint
Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has been sued in a district court in the United States for allegedly manipulating U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules for years to keep rival generic drugs out of the market. Ranbaxy filed “grossly inadequate” applications seeking approval for its drugs and deceived the FDA into granting approvals and giving the company market exclusivity, the class action lawsuit asserts. It was filed by U.S.
By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new picture book aims to help show the nearly 100 million children who labor on farms how best to handle the toxic pesticides many are exposed to in their work. “The colorful illustrations are built on local knowledge and refer to very concrete and real situations,” Food and Agriculture Organization official Christine Fuell said in a statement. “They also appeal to
