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Conn. derailment to cause 'greatly slowed' commute
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple — all week. The governor warned that Monday's commute is expected to be "extremely challenging" following ...
Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics ...
Oil price falls below $96 a barrel
The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 25 cents to $95.77 a barrel at midday Bangkok ...
Weeklong traffic mess possible after CT derailment
Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday. Malloy used dire language to describe traffic troubles for the work week ...
Train outage expected for days in US Northeast
Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment that injured scores of passengers. Crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet (600 meters) of track, overhead ...
AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT
Tornadoes from huge Midwest storm system level homes in Oklahoma, cut power in other states EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor ...
Authorities: MWAA officer fatally shot by wife
Authorities say a Washington airports authority officer was fatally shot by his wife in their home in Sterling. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says 52-year-old Cpl. Steven Spradling was found dead at about 9 p.m. Friday in the house in the 21700 block of Blossom Drive. His wife, 42-year-old Rosangela ...
Heavy rains close Atlanta area roads
Heavy rains Sunday flooded roads in the Atlanta area, interfered with a college commencement and caused a mud slide. The National Weather Service said more than five inches of rain fell in some parts of north and central Georgia. The rain closed some roads around Atlanta University Center on Sunday ...
Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike
Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Baggage handlers went on strike Saturday afternoon to demand stronger safety measures after a colleague died when a conveyer belt used ...
Plane crashes at Turkish airshow; pilot killed
Turkey's state-run news agency says a jet has crashed during an airshow in southern Turkey, killing its pilot. The Anadolu Agency says there were no other casualties in Sunday's crash in the southern city of Adana. There was no immediate information on the plane's type. The agency says the airshow ...
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