| Death toll climbs to 7 in Philadelphia train wreck Posted: 13 May 2015 11:14 AM PDT  Dozens of others were injured when the New York-bound train crashed in Philadelphia.
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| Details emerge on Amtrak derailment victims Posted: 13 May 2015 08:33 AM PDT  Several people are missing after the fatal Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia Tuesday night.
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| Live updates: Closing arguments in Boston bombing trial Posted:  Closing arguments are set for today in the federal trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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| U.S. investigators review data from fatal Philadelphia train wreck Posted: 13 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT  By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Federal investigators have recovered the black box from the wreckage of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia and were reviewing data to determine what caused the crash that killed at least six people and injured more than 200, officials said on Wednesday. The train may have been traveling more than 100 miles an hour (161 kph) when it derailed on a sharp curve, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing two people familiar with the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Robert Sumwalt, a NTSB board member, said speed was just one factor investigators would consider, and that the black box, also known as an events recorder, would help determine whether excessive speed played a role in the derailment. "We have a lot of work to do." Passenger rail service along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, the country's busiest with 12 million passengers a year, was immediately shut down, leaving travelers scrambling for alternatives.
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| Wisconsin protesters call for say in officer investigations Posted: 13 May 2015 10:26 AM PDT  By Mary Reardon MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in Wisconsin's capital on Wednesday, calling for a say in hiring and firing of Madison police a day after a prosecutor said an officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed biracial teenager was justified. Relatives of Tony Robinson Jr., 19, had expressed disappointment over Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne's decision that Madison officer Matt Kenny, who is white, used justified lethal force in the March 6 shooting. "We are asking not to go to schools, not to go to work, shut down business as usual, come out here and say that we will demand justice for Tony," said Brandi Grayson, co-founder of the Young Gifted and Black Coalition, which organized the protest. Grayson said the group wants community control over hiring and firing of officers and is petitioning the United Nations to investigate racial disparities in Dane County and Wisconsin.
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| Federal prosecutor calls Boston bomber terrorist, urges death Posted: 13 May 2015 10:49 AM PDT  By Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a terrorist who wanted to punish America with a deadly 2013 attack, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday as the government closed its case, urging a jury to sentence the 21-year-old to death. Citing a note that Tsarnaev wrote while hiding in a boat, bleeding, after a gunfight with police four days after the April 15, 2013, attack, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Mellin said the ethnic Chechen had turned against his adopted country.
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| Toyota, Nissan recall 6.5 mn cars over exploding airbag fears Posted: 13 May 2015 01:53 AM PDT  Japanese auto giants Toyota and Nissan on Wednesday said they were recalling 6.5 million vehicles globally in the latest chapter of an exploding airbag crisis linked to several deaths. The world's biggest automaker said its recall of five million vehicles affected 35 models globally produced between 2003 and 2007, while Nissan said it was calling back 1.56 million vehicles also due to faulty airbags made by embattled supplier Takata. "This will affect many of our markets, including Japan, Europe and North America," a Nissan spokesman told AFP, adding that the explosion risk was among a range of problems seen in the defective airbags.
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| Dozens of Shiites killed as gunmen attack bus in Karachi Posted: 12 May 2015 05:17 PM PDT  Pistol-wielding gunmen in Pakistan's biggest city Karachi on Wednesday stormed a bus carrying members of the Shiite Ismaili minority, killing at least 43 in the second deadliest militant attack in the country this year. The Jundullah militant faction, a splinter of the Pakistani Taliban, later said it was responsible for the massacre while police said they also found leaflets at the scene claiming the attack on behalf of the Islamic State group. Pakistan has experienced a rising tide of sectarian violence in recent years, particularly against Shiites, who make up around 20 percent of the country's predominantly Muslim population of 200 million. "According to the initial information which we have received from hospitals, 43 people have been killed and 13 wounded," Ghulam Haider Jamali, police chief of Sindh province told reporters at the site in the eastern district of Malir.
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| Brokaw talks 'deflate-gate,' cancer diagnosis and his 'Lucky Life Interrupted' Posted: 12 May 2015 03:30 AM PDT  Yahoo global anchor Katie Couric joins former news anchor Tom Brokaw to discuss his new book, his battle with cancer, and the changing landscape of journalism.
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| Navy SEAL who says he killed bin Laden refutes Hersh account Posted:  The former member of the U.S. Navy SEAL "Team Six" who says he killed Osama bin Laden has joined the chorus of critics refuting Seymour Hersh's controversial report challenging the White House account of the 2011 operation.
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| Senate Democrats block action on Obama's trade agenda Posted: 12 May 2015 02:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats dealt President Barack Obama a stinging setback on trade Tuesday, blocking efforts to begin a full-blown debate on a top priority of his second term.
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| Prosecutor: No charges against Wis. officer in fatal shooting of unarmed teen Posted: 12 May 2015 07:41 PM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A white Wisconsin police officer won't be charged for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, prompting peaceful demonstrations but none of the immediate violence that has hit some other U.S. cities in similar cases.
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