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The engineer on the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington said he applied the brakes as the train approached the curve, according to a report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The bears suffered third-degree burns following the Thomas Fire.

The letter said: "My name is John Anglin. I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris. I’m 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer. Yes we all made it that night but barely!"

Detective Kevin Desormeau was found guilty of of making a hoax drug case and sending an innocent man to prison. His partner, Sasha Neve, was cleared of any wrongdoing.

The NBC news anchor said he and his crew were treated with respect during their trip to the Masikryong Ski Resort in North Korea.

Heath Gumm was shot several times in the chest while responding to an assault situation in Thornton, Colorado.

The Department of Defense revealed data from 200,000 defense contractors and showed how easy it was to get passed the preliminary background check, and be granted access to sensitive national security information.

The NAACP said the decision to withdraw the TPS for Haitian immigrants is in direct violation of the Fifth Amendment and it clearly showed an intent to discriminate on the basis of race and ethnicity.

Johnathan Derek Simms was also to sentenced 18 months in jail, 5 years of probation, and 500 hours of community service.

In a lawsuit, Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino said they received "an unsolicited racist and misogynist text message" in June 2017. The next day, Decker and Cimino were suspended.

President Donald Trump, conservative media and Republicans are outraged over missing texts that they claim were deleted intentionally in a conspiracy to undermine the president.

Dr. Larry Nassar pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexual assault of young girls and women.

Lewis said she first met Copperfield in Atami, Japan, while participating in a modeling contest, where he was a judge.

Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot three times in the head by Fairfax County police, succumbed to his injuries two weeks after the shooting. He was unarmed at the time of the incident.

The paparazzi agency is seeking $25,000 in damages.

A P.E. teacher at a Los Angeles elementary school inexplicably disrobed and chased students around on the school's playground, and it was caught on video.

The petition to prevent Starbucks from coming to Yosemite has earned more than 23,000 signatures.

A petition to remove Judge Aaron Persky is headed to a vote in California.

A viral Facebook post addressed the treatment endured by Jennifer Turpin, who allegedly was exposed to torture by her parents.

Mary Cerutti went missing in 2015, but unbeknownst to everyone around her, she never left her Houston Heights home.

A video clip, shared on YouTube, showed the speeding car crashing into a tree with its engine and two front wheels being torn away from the rest of the vehicle.

Andrew J. Pleviak, an Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officer is facing federal charges for sending sensitive law enforcement documents to a Kansas news anchor.

According to the latest data provided by the National Travel and Tourism Office, there has been a 3.3 percent drop in travel spending and a 4 percent decline in inbound travel. 

According to the report, the availability of F-35 jets for a mission remained “around 50 percent, a condition that has existed with no significant improvement since October 2014."

Four female students said Staples High School administration did not take any action when they reported a male student for sexual assault.

A surgeon from Long Island, New York, was charged with second-degree strangulation and third-degree assault after he attempted to strangle a nurse.

The dog, identified as k9 Veda, was unharmed and was cleared medically to return to duty.

An Alabama high school teacher had been out of her classroom, upon returning she found students listening to Tupac Shakur’s hip hop song "Dear Mama," and reportedly told students to "turn the n----- music off."

Aracely Schutters is facing one count of sexual exploitation by a counselor/therapist, a Class D felony and is punishable by up to five years in prison.