Investigators seek answers in fatal New Jersey train crash
By DAKE KANG and MICHAEL R. SISAK HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators are trying to determine what happened before a commuter train barreled through a station and crashed into…
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Uber gets OK to operate in Philadelphia during convention
By MEGAN TRIMBLE Uber has struck a deal with Philadelphia to operate legally in the city during the Democratic National Convention and through the summer. The agreement announced Thursday with…
Greek town glimpses mass transit future: driverless buses
By DEREK GATOPOULOS There’ll be no arguing with the driver on this bus: the rides are free and there’s no driver anyway. Trikala, a rural town in northern Greece, has…
Latest on police-custody death: 500 Guardsmen in Baltimore
By The Associated Press A spokesman says Monday’s riot is the first time the Maryland National Guard has been called up for a civil disturbance in the state since 1968,…
DC subway hobbled after smoke filled train, killing 1
By BEN NUCKOLS and JESSICA GRESKO The transit network in the nation’s capital was hobbled Tuesday after an electrical malfunction filled a busy subway station with smoke a day earlier,…
CRANES RIGHTING ANOTHER CAR OF DERAILED NYC TRAIN
By VERENA DOBNIK and KILEY ARMSTRONG First responders gather at the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 The…
Gov’t to require seat belts on large buses
By JOAN LOWY FILE – This March 2, 2007 file photo shows a charter bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team from Ohio after it plunged off a highway ramp…
Gov’t oversight of tour bus industry faulted
By JOAN LOWY FILE – This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows salvage towing crews removing an overturned tour bus carrying gamblers to a casino on the 210 Southern California…