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A commuter train hit a vacant parked car at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, 10 miles west of Philadelphia, around 12:15 a.m. The crash injured 42 passengers.... [Read Full Story]

The University of Texas at Austin removed the statues of three Confederate-era figures from a main area on campus on Monday. They were taken down secretly during the night to avoid protesters, especially after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12 when white nationalists protesting against the planned removal of a statue of Confederate military leader Robert E. Lee. ... [Read Full Story]

Monday August 21, 2017 marks the first total solar eclipse to unfold from coast to coast in nearly a century. An eclipse is the moon’s shadow passing directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but a halo-like solar corona. ... [Read Full Story]

An American citizen was confirmed dead in attacks in Barcelona, Spain U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed Friday. A suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds killing 13 people and wounding many others. ... [Read Full Story]

The Senate has to weigh charges against President Trump from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, but that’s not stopping him from putting the pressure on Republican Senators. More than half of the 11 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, have got into it with the Republican president about varying issues. ... [Read Full Story]

Mylan NV came under fire for raising the Epipen, which saves many people every day from life threatening allergic reactions, $600, from $100. A $465 million settlement has been settled with the U.S. Justice Department, resolving claims it overcharged the government for its EpiPen.... [Read Full Story]

The number of asylum seekers crossing the U.S. border into Canada more than tripled last month.  More than 3,100 people walked across the border in July as refugees, most of which went to the french-speaking providence of Quebec.... [Read Full Story]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has voiced an opposition to President Donald Trump after he blamed white nationalists and anti-racism activists equally for violence in Virginia over the weekend. Cook is joined by a slew of other businesses who are ... [Read Full Story]

Rescue teams searched for a downed Army Black Hawk helicopter with five crew members aboard. Debris was spotted near Kaena Point, Oahu at 11:28 p.m. local time after they had lost contact with one of their UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews. ... [Read Full Story]

President Donald Trump inflamed tension in the United States by insisting that counter protesters were also to blame during a deadly protest in Charlottesville. While still condemning the White Nationialist and Neo Nazi parties, he strongly insisted that “many sides” were to blame.... [Read Full Story]

Users could not access the site the Daily Stormer Tuesday from cities across North America and Asia. The Neo-Nazi website’s domain registration was revoked by GoDaddy and Google, after it helped organize the violent weekend rally in Virginia had violated their terms of service.... [Read Full Story]

Protesters toppled a nearly century-old Confederate statue Monday in downtown Durham. Police didn’t intervene as demonstrators climbed a ladder, attached a rope and then pulled down the statue but North Carolina sheriff is working to identify those involved. ... [Read Full Story]

China announced that it will cut off imports of North Korean coal, iron ore and other goods in three weeks under U.N. sanctions. This comes after serious threats and impending North Korean nuclear and missile programs.... [Read Full Story]

Over the weekend, at least three people have died in relation to the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. There was a significant timeline leading up to the violent protests including Charlottesville City Council voting to remove a statue of Confederate war hero Robert E. Lee.... [Read Full Story]

The small California town of Nipton was purchased Thursday by American Green Inc, a marijuana focused technology firm based in Arizona. The entire town of 120 acres reportedly cost about $ 5 million.... [Read Full Story]

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that the U.S. military is “locked and loaded” , referring to North Korea and their stockpile of missiles. North Korea has laid out clear cut plans to strike near the U.S. territory of Guam mid August. ... [Read Full Story]

Body camera footage has been released showing 16-year-old Aries Clark holding and raising what appeared to be a pistol on July 25. The black teenager was fatally shot by officers outside an emergency youth center in eastern Arkansas.... [Read Full Story]

After a threat from President Donald Trump, North Korea has issued it’s own, saying it was looking into a plan to attack Guam. Guam is an important U.S. territory in the western Pacific Ocean that houses American military bases along with aircraft’s and ships.... [Read Full Story]

Late Tuesday night, several gunmen opened fire on a group of people standing on a Chicago sidewalk, killing one and wounding six others. The shooting happened along a street in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood.... [Read Full Story]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Americans should have “no concerns” after North Korea and President Donald Trump traded fiery threats. Tillerson urged that the President was trying to send a strong to North Korea’s leader.... [Read Full Story]

Walt Disney World unveiled a statue this week honoring a boy more than a year after he was killed by an alligator on the resorts grounds. The lighthouse sculpture was installed as a symbol of the Lane Thomas Foundation and placed it near where Lane Graves died.... [Read Full Story]

The aviation industry could save $35 billion a year by moving to pilot-less planes. The technology for this could be possible in the coming years as commercial flights already land with the assistance of on-board computers, and pilots manually fly the aircraft for only a few minutes on average.... [Read Full Story]

Sammantha Allen, 29, was convicted of first-degree murder and four counts of child abuse in the 2011 killing of her 10 year old cousin, Ame Deal. Allen was sentenced to death this Monday after she punished her 10-year-old cousin by locking the young girl in a box where she suffocated and died.... [Read Full Story]

The manufacturer of the ride that malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair in July noted the deadly incident was caused by “excessive corrosion.” The Fire Ball ride collapsed on a swing up, killing one person and injuring several others.... [Read Full Story]

Taylor Swift will soon speak out about an alleged sexual assault as she is expected to testify in a civil case filed by a Denver disc jokey who claims he lost his job after Swift accused him of groping her backstage at one of her concerts in 2013 . David Mueller. the accused, maintains that Swift  has falsely accused him of touching her during a meet-and-greet.... [Read Full Story]

A late summer tornado ripped through downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma injuring dozens of people. The rare occurance ripped apart businesses and other buildings in the downtown area causing for big time clean up. ... [Read Full Story]

The potential jumper on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that caused the bridge to shut down for half the day, voluntarily stepped off the ledge and into police custody. The 30 year old man stayed on the ledge of the lower level for 5 hours as police attempted to talk to him. ... [Read Full Story]

The US Air Force tested an intercontinental ballistic missile days after North Korea conducted its own ICBM test. It was not meant to be a response to the recent North Korean test on Friday. The test indicated that the missile possibly has the range to hit major US cities. ... [Read Full Story]

A potential jumper is on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge during the Wednesday morning rush hour. The lower level of the highly trafficked, Staten Island-bound bridge is completely closed due to police activity. ... [Read Full Story]

The Massachusetts teenager who took his own life after being persuaded to in text messages from his girlfriend has caused a stir in the legal field, and is posing problematic when it comes to sentencing. The boy’s aunt  is asking for 20 years behind bars for the now 20 year old, but the  woman’s father will ask that his daughter be spared prison time. Michelle Carter is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday after being found guilty in June of involuntary manslaughter.... [Read Full Story]