Amtrak has just 1 engineer
PHILADELPHIA — The union for Amtrak’s locomotive engineers urged the railroad on Tuesday to put a second crew member at the controls of trains...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to charge car owners not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive.
The ...
U.S. strategy being questioned
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State group’s capture of Ramadi, a key provincial capital in western Iraq, calls into question the Obama administr...
Recommendation fell on deaf ears
WASHINGTON — Five years ago, federal accident investigators recommended the government require video cameras in locomotive cabs to record...
NEW YORK — A guitar George Harrison played at a time when Beatlemania was taking flight has sold for nearly half a million dollars at a New York auction.
Julien’s Auctio...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The 13th son of a Michigan couple now has a name.
Jay Schwandt, 40, told The Associated Press in a text message the couple decided Friday morning t...
BOSTON — They’re gonna need a bigger Twitter.
An organization studying great white sharks is enjoying some welcome attention after one of the creatures they’ve been moni...
West booedto end show
LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift dominated the Billboard Music Awards with eight wins, including top artist, while Kanye West was booed during his performan...
Smart shoppers do homework
Rich Barber of Lower Saucon Township, Pa., got his tax refund on a prepaid card and now wishes he hadn’t because it took him a while to figure ...
Even Jeb calls error
WASHINGTON — A dozen years later, American politics has reached a rough consensus about the Iraq War: It was a mistake.
Politicians hoping to be pres...
