Officials from South Korea's intelligence agency say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's latest high-level purge took place in front of hundreds of onlookers at a shooting range.
Read More »Engineer Applied Emergency Brake Before Fatal Amtrak Derailment
An NTSB board member says the train was traveling at 106 mph while making a turn in a 50-mph zone. Tuesday night's derailment in Philadelphia claimed seven lives; dozens were injured.
Read More »Amtrak Train Derails, Cars Roll In Philadelphia; At Least 5 Killed
The train, on its way from Washington to New York, went off the rails late Tuesday. In addition to the 5 deaths, dozens have been transported to area hospitals, including six with critical injuries.
Read More »China Smartphone Sales Shrink, Market ‘Increasingly Saturated,’ Report Says
Experts say nearly everyone in China who wants a smartphone has one. The challenge for manufacturers now is to convince them to upgrade.
Read More »How Bird Beaks Got Their Start As Dinosaur Snouts
Hoping to help trace the history of how velociraptors evolved into birds, researchers at Harvard and Yale may have tracked a key beak transformation to two genes.
Read More »‘Lawful Use’ Of Force By Wisconsin Police Officer, DA Says
Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny shot and killed Tony Robinson, 19, on March 6. The case drew attention because of high-profile deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of the police.
Read More »University Of Virginia Dean Sues ‘Rolling Stone’ Over Discredited Rape Article
U.Va.'s dean of students says the article portrayed her as the "chief villain of the story." She's suing the magazine and the author for $7.85 million.
Read More »‘Unsettling’ Lucille Ball Sculpture Will Move To New Home In N.Y.
The plan gives new life to a statue that gained dubious fame last month, when criticism of the bronze work reached a fever pitch. It's now seen as a part of comedy history.
Read More »Fast-Track Trade Measure Fails Key Test Vote In Senate
The White House calls the vote merely a "procedural snafu" and expects to eventually prevail.
Read More »Marine Corps Helicopter Helping With Relief Effort In Nepal Still Missing
A Defense Department official said there's no indication so far that the UH-1 Huey, which was carrying six Marines and two Nepali soldiers, had crashed.
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