Warning: Graphic video. Two passenger trains collided Friday in Bedford, England, outside of London. At least one person was killed and 89 others were injured, officials said. Source link
Warning: Graphic video. Two passenger trains collided Friday in Bedford, England, outside of London. At least one person was killed and 89 others were injured, officials said. Source link
British Transport Police said Friday it was responding to reports of a train collision north of London, with other emergency services saying they were attending to the incident amid media reports of injuries. “We’re responding to reports of a collision involving two trains in the Bedford area,” the transport police force said on X, referring … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan that his government has evidence Russia is abducting Ukrainian children and training them to fight. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser for the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins with more. Source link
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Jozy Altidore arrived at the new U.S. Soccer National Training Center, a $250 million, 200-acre, 19-field complex south of Atlanta, far different from where his 2014 American team recovered from practice in a plastic cold tub on a paved path outside Stanford’s Cagan Stadium in California. “This is the culmination, right?” the … Read more
Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthened in light of the shooting at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Amtrak has been considering the policy change since at least early this year, after being … Read more
A man acting erratically on a train headed for Chicago was spotted by a rail worker who called police. Officers found guns and a pamphlet about crowd control in his carry-on bag — and a plan for a mass casualty event. Almost two years later, federal authorities say the man charged with attempting to assassinate … Read more
It’s hard to exaggerate the role of the train in the American story or the romance of train travel, those iron horses galloping down tracks of steel. Why, then, has high-speed rail — so common in other countries — not tracked in the U.S.? An ambitious state-run project connecting L.A. and San Francisco has lurched, … Read more
CNN — High speed trains have proved their worth across the world over the past 50 years. It’s not just in reducing journey times, but more importantly, it’s in driving economic growth, creating jobs and bringing communities closer together. China, Japan and Europe lead the way. So why doesn’t the United States have a high-speed … Read more