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The Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. railcars credited with saving lives during a derailment in Connecticut May 17 had crush-resistant frames developed after a 1987 accident in which cars caved in, trapping people who otherwise might have lived.
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Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line will resume regular service in time for Wednesday’s morning commute, five days after a derailment in Connecticut involving 16 cars knocked out part of the busiest U.S. rail corridor and left more than 75 people injured.
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Metro-North Railroad said repairs of rail line torn up by a rush-hour derailment and collision in Connecticut will take days to complete, as the agency finished removing all the damaged cars from the tracks.
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Connecticut and federal authorities told commuters to make alternate plans while asking for patience as investigators examine the site of a Metro-North rush-hour train derailment that left three people critically injured.
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Investigators are working in Connecticut to gather evidence from yesterday’s collision between two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains so they can restore Amtrak and other rail service between New York and Boston.
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Two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut, injuring dozens of people and limiting Amtrak service between New York and Boston in one of the worst U.S. passenger rail accidents since 2008.
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Yale University is facing a $165,000 fine from the U.S. Education Department for underreporting the number of sexual assaults on campus.
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Professors across the U.S. are criticizing a rush to offer free online college courses, challenging a movement designed to spread knowledge and reduce higher-education costs.
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Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy is fueling debate among the thousands of women at risk of developing breast cancer who want to know how, if and when to have their breasts removed.
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Angelina Jolie, named the highest- paid actress in Hollywood by Forbes in 2011, said she had a double mastectomy after learning she has a gene mutation linked to breast cancer, the disease that killed her mother at age 56.
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