(PLYMOUTH, Wash., AP) — Authorities now say one of the four injured in an explosion and fire at a natural gas processing plant along the Washington-Oregon border was sent to… Read more »
Category: National News
GM recall: Many victims were young drivers
By TOM KRISHER (DETROIT, AP) — As the deaths are tallied from General Motors’ delayed recall of compact cars, one thing is becoming clear: Of those killed, the majority were… Read more »
Train operator in Chicago crash had fallen asleep
By JASON KEYSER (CHICAGO, AP) — A federal investigator says the operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed at O’Hare International Airport acknowledged she dozed off before the accident… Read more »
WTC parachute jump condemned as ‘selfish act’
(NEW YORK, AP) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York police commissioner denounced the parachute jump off 1 World Trade Center last fall… Read more »
FCC: Thousands of hotels don’t offer direct 911
By NOMAAN MERCHANT (DALLAS, AP) — Tens of thousands of hotels don’t allow guests to directly reach emergency services when they dial 911, according to a national survey taken after… Read more »
Navy: Sailor, civilian suspect killed at Va. base
By BROCK VERGAKIS (NORFOLK, Va., AP) — Aboard a guided-missile destroyer docked at the world’s largest naval base, a sailor was fatally shot and security forces killed the lone suspect… Read more »
Police: Commuter train derails at Chicago airport
(CHICAGO, AP) — An eight-car Chicago commuter train plowed across a platform and scaled an escalator at an underground station at one of the nation’s busiest airports early Monday, injuring… Read more »
No ‘signs of life’ after huge Washington landslide
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP (ARLINGTON, Wash., AP) — Hopes of finding any more survivors from a massive mudslide that killed at least eight people waned as searchers pulled more bodies… Read more »
McCaskill staff surveying colleges on assaults
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill said her staff has been surveying colleges nationwide to see what protections against sexual attacks are in place and how the schools… Read more »
With health law, workers ponder the I-Quit option
By CARLA K. JOHNSON (CHICAGO, AP) — For uninsured people, the nation’s new health care law may offer an escape from worry about unexpected, astronomical medical bills. But for Stephanie… Read more »