8th passenger confirmed dead in Philadelphia train derailment

8th passenger confirmed dead in Philadelphia train derailment
Students in Crisis: Mental Health & Suicide on College Campuses
Matt Bai: If Clinton won’t level with voters now, when will she?
Body of eighth victim found in derailment wreckage in Philadelphia
American flight returning to LA after possible bird strike: LA Times
Boston bombing jury begins first full day of deliberations
Amtrak engineer has 'no recollection' of crash
Obama Set Goals Too High for Gulf Rebalance, Experts Say
Boston bombing jury has question hours into deliberations
Lawmakers slash Amtrak funding hours after crash
Ex-CIA official: America no safer than four years ago

Posted: 14 May 2015 10:03 AM PDT

At least eight people died in the tragic train derailment in Philadelphia.

Students in Crisis: Mental Health & Suicide on College Campuses

Posted: 14 May 2015 07:17 AM PDT

Clusters of student suicides at Tulane, William & Mary, MIT and other universities this past year have launched a nationwide debate about the mental health of young people around the country and what colleges, parents and students themselves can do about it.

Matt Bai: If Clinton won’t level with voters now, when will she?

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My colleagues in the media keep insisting that Hillary Clinton take a position on the proposed free-trade pact that has riven her party.

Body of eighth victim found in derailment wreckage in Philadelphia

Posted: 14 May 2015 10:07 AM PDT

By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The body of an eighth victim was found in the wreckage of the train derailment in Philadelphia, the city's fire commissioner said on Thursday, as investigators waited to interview the engineer about the crash, which he told his attorney he didn't remember. Authorities said they believe they have accounted for all 243 people, including a crew of five, who were on the New York City-bound train when it derailed and crashed on Tuesday night, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said at a news conference. Amtrak train No. 188, which originated in Washington, D.C., was barreling into a curve at more than 100 miles per hour, twice the speed limit, when the engineer hit the brakes, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. The discovery of the eighth victim was announced by Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer.

American flight returning to LA after possible bird strike: LA Times

Posted: 14 May 2015 09:48 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An American Airlines flight was returning to Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday after a possible bird strike, the Los Angeles Times said on Twitter. Additional details were not immediately available. (Reporting by Jim Christie; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Boston bombing jury begins first full day of deliberations

Posted: 14 May 2015 10:55 AM PDT

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - The first full day of jury deliberations began Thursday on whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death or to life in prison for the deadly 2013 attack. All 12 jurors must reach unanimous agreement to sentence Tsarnaev to death.

Amtrak engineer has 'no recollection' of crash

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The 32-year-old engineer has "no explanation" for what happened, attorney says.

Obama Set Goals Too High for Gulf Rebalance, Experts Say

Posted: 14 May 2015 09:15 AM PDT

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 bargaining chips that the administration has already shot down, and it's not exactly clear what else, besides those tangible items, either side wants. "There's a very real prospect that this exercise could end up looking like the February Countering Violent Extremism summit," Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress, which is aligned with the Obama administration, said, referring to a 60-plus-country confab that issued a lengthy joint statement with few specifics. The White House has already ruled out a formal mutual defense treaty, which several of the Gulf nations were advocating, and is also unlikely to approve Saudi Arabia's request for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets.

Boston bombing jury has question hours into deliberations

Posted: 14 May 2015 11:03 AM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — The jury in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-eh) has asked the judge two questions a few hours into deliberating whether Tsarnaev will get life in prison or the death penalty.

Lawmakers slash Amtrak funding hours after crash

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Just because the accident struck close to home does not mean Congress will increase an already shrunken budget for transportation.

Ex-CIA official: America no safer than four years ago

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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.