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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Union Pacific spokesman says several cars of an oil train are now on fire in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. Eleven cars in the 96-car train derailed around midday. They were carrying Bakken crude oil, which known to be highly volatile. A mobile home park in the community of Mosier has been evacuated. Authorities they expect to work through the night to suppress the fire.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The death toll from the latest flooding in Texas has risen to 15. The Army says the bodies of four missing Fort Hood soldiers have been found downstream from where their 2½-ton troop carrier overturned in a rain-swollen creek. Five other soldiers were killed in the incident yesterday and three more injured. More than half of the state is under flood watches or warnings.
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie is moving away from the U.S. East Coast. After re-forming into a tropical system yesterday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center says Bonnie has strengthened again into a tropical storm. However, it does not threaten land and is expected to weaken tomorrow. The storm is centered about 285 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph.
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Senator David Perdue is telling Republican colleagues uneasy about Donald Trump to "get over it," asking: "Do you want Hillary Clinton?" Trump picked up the endorsement of House Speaker Paul Ryan this week, but that's no keeping Ryan from criticizing him. The Wisconsin Republican has not promised to campaign for Trump, nor has he expressed support for his policies. And of Trump's statements that a federal judge of Mexican heritage should recuse himself from a case involving one of Trump's companies, Ryan says that's "reasoning I don't relate to."
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Scientists say they've discovered a buildup of magma beneath a coastal town in New Zealand. A paper published in the online journal Science Advances says it could explain a spate of recent earthquakes and signal the beginnings of a new volcano. Geophysicist Ian Hamling says enough magma to fill 80,000 Olympic-size swimming pools has squeezed up beneath the surface near the town of Matata. However he's not expecting an eruption anytime soon.
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