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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The speed limit is just 50 miles an hour along the curve where last night's Amtrak derailment took place. But federal investigators say the train was going more than 100 miles an hour before it ran off the rails, leaving at least seven people dead and more than 200 injured. Despite pressure from safety regulators, the Federal Railroad Administration says Amtrak had not installed along that section of track a technology that keeps trains from going faster than the speed limit.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An official in the Philippines says the death toll in a Philippine factory fire has jumped to at least 45, with 26 missing. Police say charred bodies have been pulled from the Kentex Manufacturing factory in Valenzuela city north of Manila. Workers apparently fled to the second floor and were trapped. Chemicals used to make slippers apparently exploded.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Officials in Nepal say there's still no sign of a U.S. Marine Corp helicopter that was reported missing on Tuesday while it was delivering aid to earthquake victims. Eight people were aboard, including six Marines. Tuesday's quake killed dozens and injured more than 2,300. A quake less than three weeks ago killed more than 8,000.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The body of a 12-year-old boy shot dead by police at a Cleveland playground six months ago has been cremated. A lawyer for the family says Tamir Rice's mother made the decision last week. The boy was playing with a toy gun that shoots plastic pellets when a rookie officer fatally shot within two seconds after jumping out of a cruiser. An investigation is still under way.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Panama City Beach, Florida, leaders have voted to ban beach drinking during the month of March as part of larger crackdown on spring break partying. The Panama City News Herald reports that the city and the county are considering additional measures to curtail spring break rowdiness after seven partygoers were shot and injured at a spring break party this year.
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