Pedestrian hit by light rail train in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE — Police say a man has died after he was struck by a light rail train overnight in south Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said transit workers found a man’s body during a routine check...
View ArticlePolice: Body found on Union Pacific North line platform hit by train
The body found laying on the Kenilworth station platform of Metra’s Union Pacific North line Friday evening was hit by a train, Kenilworth Police said. Trains in both directions were stopped when the...
View ArticleWeather may have contributed to deadly Akron plane crash, is among factors...
The weather is among the factors that investigators will examine to determine the cause of a plane crash that killed all nine people on board Tuesday afternoon in Akron. They also will look into...
View ArticleRain disrupts life in Tamil Nadu; school, colleges shut, train services hit
CHENNAI: Incessant, heavy rain has disrupted life in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Friday, as the overnight downpour has left several areas flooded and thrown rail and road traffic out of...
View ArticlePedestrian-Train Crash at 600 W. 4th Avenue and Jefferson Street (City of...
(Source: City of Eugene, OR) This morning at 12:47, November 9, a woman was pushing a shopping cart across train tracks at 600 W. 4th Avenue and Jefferson Street. An oncoming freight train spotted her...
View ArticleMexico probes mass graves containing over 100 bodies
Authorities in Mexico have launched an investigation to examine more than 100 human bodies found in two mass graves in the central state of Morelos. Prosecutors on Friday announced that they were...
View ArticlePerson struck and killed by Amtrak train in Connecticut, official says
(Reuters) - An Amtrak train struck and killed a person who had crossed onto commuter rail tracks in Connecticut on...
View ArticleFrance blames IS for Paris terror strikes, vows to hit back
PARIS (AP) French President Francois Hollande blamed the Islamic State group for orchestrating the deadliest attacks inflicted on France since World War II and vowed Saturday to strike back without...
View ArticlePolice seek accomplices after Paris attacked, 120 slain
French police on Saturday hunted possible accomplices of eight assailants who terrorized Paris concert-goers, cafe diners and soccer fans with a coordinated string of suicide bombings and shootings...
View ArticleAlabama governor says he will refuse Syrian refugees
PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 5:56 a.m. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has announced he is refusing Syrian refugees relocating to his state. In a news release...
View ArticleThe Latest: US flag lowered to half-staff worldwide
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 1:20 a.m. The U.S. flag is being lowered to half-staff at the White House, federal buildings across the country and American...
View ArticleThe Latest: Paris museums to reopen Monday
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 1:05 a.m. Paris museums will reopen on Monday, two days after they were shuttered due to heightened security following the...
View ArticleThe Latest: Minister: France had legitimacy to take action
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 4:51 a.m. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius says France had the "legitimacy" to take action against Islamic State after...
View ArticleThe Latest: 'Legends' episode not airing after Paris attacks
PARIS — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 9 p.m. The TNT network isn't airing an episode of its drama "Legends" on Monday because it depicts an extremist shooting into a...
View ArticleFrance falls silent as police hunt fugitive, name mastermind
France fell silent Monday to remember 129 people killed by Islamic State militants as police failed to corner a key escaped accomplice and officials named the alleged Syrian-based mastermind of the...
View ArticleThe Latest: Kerry in Paris to show US support after attacks
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 8:45 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Paris to show American solidarity with France after Friday's...
View ArticleWatch: France IDs top Paris attacks figure as new IS video threatens more...
France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois Hollande...
View ArticleFrance IDs top Paris attacks figure as new IS video threatens more carnage in...
France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois Hollande...
View ArticleFrench police hunt for suspected Paris attacker they let go
PARIS -- French police raided 168 locations across the country and detained nearly two dozen people as authorities identified more members of a sleeper cell said to be behind the Paris attacks that...
View ArticleFrance IDs top Paris attacks figure, seeks unity to bomb IS
PARIS (AP) -- France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President...
View ArticleFrance seeks united US-Russia assault on Islamic State
PARIS (AP) France wants to unite with the U.S. and Russia in a grand coalition dedicated to smashing the Islamic State group, French President Francois Hollande told lawmakers Monday in a rare joint...
View ArticleFrance Seeks Unity To Bomb Islamic State
PARIS (AP) — France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President...
View ArticleFrance carries out raids, names more potential attackers
French police raided 168 locations across the country and detained two dozen people as authorities identified more members of a sleeper cell said to be behind the Paris attacks that killed 129 people....
View ArticleRail Update (City of Aurora, CO)
(Source: City of Aurora, CO) Rail is coming to Aurora What You'll Find Here: This page is updated regularly with construction information for the Aurora Line/I-225 Rail and the East Line Commuter Rail....
View ArticleSaint-Denis raid one of 118 French anti-terror searches
Two people died on Wednesday and seven were detained when police raided the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis in an attempt to capture the alleged mastermind of last week’s terrorist attacks,...
View ArticleParis Official: Terror Cell Targeted in Raid Was Capable of New Attack
The suspected Islamist militants targeted in a Paris police raid early Wednesday were a terror unit capable of planning a new attack, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said. "A new team of terrorists...
View ArticleStreet checks needed to solve crimes
In September 2011, a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a Brampton park. Officers attached to Peel Regional Police’s special victims unit had a description, but the perpetrator was long gone....
View ArticleCharlotte’s light rail offers lessons
We are less than one year away from Election Day. The marathon for the presidency will cull the herd in a few months, but in Hillsborough County, there’s still a question of whether a sales tax...
View ArticlePedestrian struck, killed by Metrolink train in Orange
A man was struck and killed Saturday after running in front of a Metrolink train in the city of Orange, police said. The incident occurred about 5:45...
View ArticlePart of Los Angeles commuter train derails after hitting car
Click photo to enlarge California Highway Patrol unidentified officers check the scene of a Metro Blue Line train derailed after colliding with a car and injuring one person in Los Angeles, on Monday,...
View ArticlePerson killed by train in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a train in Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police told local media that the person was hit around 8:15 a.m. Monday by a Norfolk...
View ArticleTrain strikes, kills pedestrian at Archdale Drive
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train during rush hour Monday morning. The person was struck around 8:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of Archdale Drive near South Boulevard,...
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