Tragedies befall American heroes since French train attack
By DON THOMPSON and JULIE WATSON Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, who helped stop a terror attack on a French train over the summer, was stabbed and seriously wounded Thursday…
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Merkel demands EU partners share in burden of human tide
By FRANK JORDANS and GEORGE JAHN German Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflecting on “a moving, in some parts breathtaking weekend behind us,” said Monday that all EU countries could help to…
Hunt for 3 suspects in Illinois officer’s death continues
Law enforcement officials broadened the hunt Wednesday for three suspects in the fatal shooting of a popular veteran police officer in a small northern Illinois community. Lake County Sheriff’s Office…
Hungary blocks migrants from trains; 11 drown off Turkey
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest’s main international train station Wednesday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany…
Chaos in Budapest train station amid Europe’s migrant crisis
By PABLO GORONDI Upset migrants chanted “Freedom! Freedom!” and demanded to use their train tickets Tuesday after Hungary temporarily suspended all rail traffic from its main terminal in Budapest and…
Hungary shuts down rail traffic for westward-bound migrants
By PABLO GORONDI Hungary suspended all traffic from its main rail terminal Tuesday and cleared the station of hundreds of migrants trying to board trains for Austria and Germany —…
France: 2 Americans subdue gunman on high-speed train
By GREG KELLER A gunman opened fire on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday, wounding two people before two American passengers subdued him, officials said. French…
Transportation Chief: 5 Airlines probed for price-gouging
By Joan Lowy Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday the government has opened a price-gouging investigation involving five airlines that allegedly raised airfares in the Northeast after a deadly Amtrak…