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Train Derailment Video Surfaces

A video posted to YouTube appears to show footage of Monday's Blue Line train derailment at O'Hare International Airport. The video, which was deleted just hours after being posted Tuesday night and...

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College Athletes Can Unionize

The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday ruled college athletes are considered employees, a decision that moves Northwestern University football players a step closer to forming the nation's...

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7-Year-Old Files Traffic Complaint

When 7-year-old Isaiah McLoughlin wanted cars and trucks on his Waterford street to stop speeding, he decided to take action. Isaiah grabbed a pen, wrote a letter to his local police department and he...

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NTSB: Train Operator Dozed Off

The operator of the Chicago Transit Authority train that derailed at O'Hare International Airport early Monday told the National Transportation Safety Board that she dozed off before the crash. "She...

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TSA Issues Airport Recommendations

The Transportation Security Administration recommends that more armed law enforcement officers be present at airport security checkpoints and ticketing counters during peak hours after the agency's...

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2 Dead in 44-Vehicle Crash

Two people were killed, and more than a dozen were injured, in chain-reaction crashes involving approximately 40 vehicles on both sides of a snowy West Virginia interstate Wednesday morning. Interstate...

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CA State Senator Arrested

California state Sen. Leland Yee has been arrested on public corruption charges as part of several arrests made by the FBI Wednesday morning during a massive FBI sting, the FBI told NBC Bay Area. U.S....

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Suspect Inadvertently Asks Deputy for a Ride

A man is behind bars after he inadvertently asked an undercover officer for a ride in Deerfield Beach Wednesday, police said. Broward Sheriff's deputies said a man named Kareem Moore, who had just...

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Florida Man Sexually Abused Toddler, Infant: Officials

Authorities arrested a man accused of producing child pornography and sexually abusing minors, including a child who was just 13-months-old. Homeland Security agents said 40-year-old Benjamin Cuadrado...

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Man Pleads Guilty to Molesting Neighbor's Dog

A Southern California man was sentenced to four years in state prison Tuesday after he admitted to sexually assaulting his neighbor's dog last year, officials said. Christopher Caceres, 22, of San...

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Illegal Miami Slaughterhouse Busted

Miami-Dade Police and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office have busted an illegal slaughterhouse run by a convicted drug trafficker, according to officials. Investigators said they found 53-year-old...

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President Obama Meets Pope Francis

President Barack Obama called himself a "great admirer" of Pope Francis as he sat down at the Vatican Thursday. Their historic first meeting comes as Obama's administration and the church remain deeply...

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Magazine Makes Fun of Cancer Survivor's Tutu

A San Diego runner and cancer survivor says she was snubbed by a popular women's magazine that used a photo of her wearing a tutu to make fun of the fitness fashion trend.  Monika Allen says she was...

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Workers Arrested in LAX Luggage Thefts

Several workers at LAX were arrested Wednesday night after police served 25 search warrants, all in connection with the theft of passenger property by airport workers, officials said. The workers are...

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DC Park Search in Missing Girl Case

A man being sought in the disappearance of 8-year-old Relisha Rudd bought contractor-sized trash bags and spent considerable time in a large wooded park in northeast D.C. after the last known sighting...

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4th Victim Dies After SXSW Crash

DeAndre Tatum, the last remaining person hospitalized following a deadly crash in Austin during the South by Southwest Music Festival, has died, Austin police say. Tatum, 18, was placed in a...

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Haircuts, Unicorns, Wild Dogs: North Korea Fact or Fiction?

A new report says men in North Korea are being forced to cut their hair in the fashion of leader Kim Jong Un, but there's reason for suspicion. A trio of experts interviewed by the Washington Post said...

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Report Details How Avonte Slipped Away Undetected

Three lines of defense -- teachers, school guards and administrators -- all failed the day autistic teen Avonte Oquendo disappeared from school, a special commissioner said about his investigation....

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Train Cars Removed After CTA Crash

The Chicago Transit Authority has removed the smashed Blue Line cars involved in Monday's derailment at O'Hare International Airport. CTA officials hope to reopen the station by the weekend, but crews...

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Mom: Brain-Dead Girl "Still Asleep"

A little more than three months after doctors and the state of California declared a 13-year-old girl brain dead, the mother of Jahi McMath says her daughter's movements in bed are fueling her faith...

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