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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says at least five people were killed and the fire chief says six were critically injured when an Amtrak train derailed Tuesday night. The train, with 243 people aboard, was headed to New York City from Washington, D.C. An Associated Press manager aboard the rear of the train says the front looked like a pile of metal.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese army helicopters are searching an area about 50 miles northeast of Kathmandu for a U.S. Marine Helicopter that was reported missing on Tuesday. It was delivering aid for earthquake victims and was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers. U.S. defense officials say there are no indications that the aircraft crashed. Nepal, devastated by an earthquake nearly three weeks ago, was hit by another one Tuesday. It's blamed for at least 65 deaths.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor in Madison, Wisconsin, has concluded that a white police officer won't be charged for fatally shooting an unarmed, biracial 19-year-old man. It happened in March. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said the officer had been punched in the head and feared for his life. The prosecutor also says Tony Robinson had been acting erratically. His family says they'll pursue justice.
CLEVELAND (AP) — It was captured on video and happened in November, but a sheriff in Cleveland says he won't set an arbitrary deadline to complete the investigation of the fatal police shooting of a 12-year-old boy. Tamir Rice had been playing outside a recreation center with a pellet gun that fires plastic projectiles when two officers responded. A rookie officer opened fire within two seconds after the cruiser stopped near Rice.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune says Senate Democrats are "throwing their own president under the bus." That was his take on a near unanimous Democratic vote to block full-blown debate on President Barack Obama's request for "fast-track" trade authority. Some Democrats say the measure would costs Americans jobs.
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