Could available tech have prevented Amtrak disaster?
Positive Train Control cost the L.A. area over $200 million, but Metrolink's Jeff Lustgarten says, "How can you put a price tag on people's lives?"
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Positive Train Control cost the L.A. area over $200 million, but Metrolink's Jeff Lustgarten says, "How can you put a price tag on people's lives?"
Preliminary data shows train was traveling at more than twice the speed limit as it approached a curve where the train jumped the tracks
Amtrak's trains pass through tunnels, over bridges that are more than 100 years old -- and look it
Doctors with Aria Health describe extent of injuries from patients they've treated
"Everything is on the table right now," says NTSB's lead investigator after deadly train crash in Philadelphia
Investigators want to speak with Amtrak train driver who was going twice the allowed speed seconds before deadly derailment in Philadelphia
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes after a train carrying toxic gas derailed in eastern Tennessee; just the latest in a series of catastrophic train crashes across the U.S.
Even with the Philadelphia disaster and a "renaissance" of commuter rail usage, lawmakers move to cut money for Amtrak
Some passengers had to scramble through windows of toppled cars to escape crash that killed at least 7 and injured dozens
Democrats say more money is needed to increase train safety and prevent crashes like the one that killed at least seven on Tuesday
Former NTSB chair Deborah Hersman says investigators will be looking at "the human, the machine and the environment"
Same stretch of Philadelphia tracks where Amtrak train derailed was the scene of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history
New Jersey governor suggests the derailment, which killed six and injured dozens, hit close to home
All Amtrak service suspended from Philadelphia to NYC; 8 people in critical condition after train bound from Washington, D.C. to New York comes off tracks
Eight people killed and more than 200 injured after an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia
Officials say 10 rail tank cars caught fire after BNSF Railway train went off the tracks
Ellen Brody's family says the collision that killed her and 5 train passengers was caused by a hazardous railroad crossing
Pair allegedly parked stolen car on train tracks, causing Amtrak train to derail, then came back and feigned injury
Authorities say some of the cars may have small leaks, about 10 homes evacuated as a precaution
Rescuers trying to tear apart mangled wreckage of 3 coaches of passenger train that came off tracks in northern Uttar Pradesh state
In an interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell on Monday, Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said, "We need action to be taken."
President Trump said Monday he's imposing 25% tariffs on all countries that do business with Iran, as the administration pressures the Iranian government amid anti-regime protests.
The state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, are suing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal officials in an effort to stop the surge of federal law enforcement officials coming into the state.
Lindsey Halligan's deputy in the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia, Robert McBride, was fired after refusing to lead the prosecution of James Comey, a source said.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a progressive Democrat from Massachusetts, said she told President Trump Congress can cap credit card rates if he pushes for it.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking to block the Pentagon's efforts to downgrade his retirement rank and pay.
Mexico has become a key fuel supplier to Cuba since Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's capture by the U.S.
As the Earth warms, new shipping routes from one side of the globe to the other are opening around Greenland, making the vast island a strategic priority for superpowers.
Jaimee Seitz said her daughter was convinced to take her own life by members of the online True Crime Community, or TCC, who glorify mass shootings, violence and nihilism.