Amtrak 501 Derailment

• Rail buffs killed in Amtrak train derailment couldn’t wait for faster trains

  The two pals hopped on an Amtrak train together Monday, becoming some of the first passengers to take the maiden voyage of a faster route between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017
  
• Mexico journalist shot dead at Christmas celebration at son’s school

  Attackers burst into an elementary school where a Christmas party was taking place and shot reporter Gumaro Perez to death Tuesday.

  Crime

  Dec 20, 2017
  
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• 81-year-old Amtrak survivor says train derailment felt like an explosion

  One survivor of the Amtrak Train 501 derailment says the moment the train went off the tracks felt like an explosion.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017
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• Investigators looking into whether Amtrak engineer was distracted, official says

  Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training in the locomotive that derailed near Seattle, which was traveling 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017
• Amtrak train derailment: What we know and don’t know about the crash

  Here's what we know and don't know about Monday's Amtrak train derailment in Washington state.

  World

  Dec 19, 2017