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The incident involved at least seven vehicles and prompted the closure of several lanes of a freeway south of Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Republicans planned to announce Amtrak budget cuts this week. The proposal is on hold out of respect for victims' families, Sen. Roger Wicker says.

Rachel Jacobs, chief executive at ApprenNet, was believed to be aboard the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

So just how antiquated is Amtrak? We took a look at trains worldwide to find out.

An Associated Press staffer was the first person to be identified as one of the at least seven deaths from Amtrak's fatal crash.

The Amtrak train that crashed Tuesday derailed near the same site as a deadly crash that occurred decades ago.

The ATSB on Wednesday released photos of objects located by Fugro Equator’s deep-tow system in the search area for the missing jet.

Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill letting Tesla sell cars directly to customers -- against dealers’ wishes.

Along with rising profits, food trucks across the U.S. are expelling massive amounts of pollutants into the air. A new program could help vendors clean up their act.

The flight had made an emergency landing and the captain reportedly said he did not want to fly to Portland with an autistic child on board.

The crew reportedly asked the passengers if there was a doctor among them to help the Canadian woman.

The Government Accountability Office questions whether human behavioral indicators can identify potential air travel terrorists.

According to a report, the armored vehicles will be operated with a system similar to a Sony PlayStation controller.

The crude oil being transported Wednesday was below the state's new flammability limit, but derailment still led to a fiery explosion.

A terrible crash on a Georgia highway killed four.

In a memo dated Tuesday, the airline's CEO Christoph Mueller said, "We simply have not enough work for all of you."

A Spokane County medical examiner identified the victims as Lyndon Amestoy and Richard Runyon.

The BEA report cited cockpit data to reveal co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had rehearsed a controlled descent on a previous flight.

Experts believe the new lightweight materials could be useful for airline safety standards.

The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps in March, killing all 150 people on board, practiced a descent on the previous flight, Bild newspaper said.

Ferry services between Cuba and the United States were cut off in the early 1960s, following the Cuban revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.

“The costs of doing business in Germany remain our biggest challenge,” the airline said in an earnings statement Tuesday.

The aircraft made an emergency landing after a passenger said the plane would explode, UAE state news agency reported.

"India may be the last big white sheet of paper in the automotive industry."

On Friday, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Seoul, South Korea to address government corruption and unfair labor practices.

Uber says it was a routine commercial inspection but the raid highlights growing tension in China over ride-booking apps.

The massive order from the tiny emirate is the largest export order for the Rafale aircraft.

Reports said the 24 crew members were mainly from Eastern Europe and Asia, and that there no Americans on board.

A pilot said that the iPad error, which was likely due to a recent software update, affected "random" planes.