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The freight train appeared to be mostly empty, according to preliminary reports.

The victims were all under the age of five, health officials said. Young children are especially susceptible to lead poisoning.

Details are not immediately clear, including whether the train was a freight or passenger locomotive.

Advocates say thousands of locally jailed immigrants don't fit the categories that prioritize their deportation under federal rules.

Hillary Clinton is critical of banning late-term abortions. Marco Rubio is leading the Senate fight against them.

Five gunboats fired shots across the cargo ship's bow in the Persian Gulf Thursday, according to a report.

The 43 students from Ayotzinapa have been missing since Sept. 26.

The militant group this week set its sights on demolishing a mosque of historic importance that was built nearly two centuries ago.

The founder of TNT Academy, a school for students students engaged in independent study, says "the devil" made her single out black ceremony attendees.

Hernandez's administration has denounced the accusations as a conspiracy against the government.

The migrants who had been headed to the U.S. were reportedly rescued after being kidnapped by elements of organized crime.

France and Russia "have significant differences in regard to compensational payments" related to the canceled warship deal, the report said.

A little-known alliance of labor unions and drug companies is lobbying Congress on on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The controversial policy has reached a tipping point and could face its end this month, unless the Obama administration can salvage it.

The Nigerian army repelled the Boko Haram attack Wednesday night but have imposed a 24-hour curfew on the besieged Borno state capital.

The Human Rights Watch activist group described the examinations as "cruel, inhuman and degrading.”

The comments by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter about the Amtrak train driver are being viewed by NTSB board members as a rush to judgment.

A volunteer paramilitary branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard will run 2,000 child care centers in the country.

A case has been registered by the local police against six people, of whom one has been arrested so far.

A lawyer for the engineer of the derailed Amtrak train said that the driver does not remember anything about the incident and that he is cooperating with investigators.

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Thursday visited the town of Charikot and said the country was "not prepared for a second one so big."

The U.S. government had an arrest warrant against Gary Michael Feroglia since 2004 on charges of sexual abuse of children and child pornography.

President Pierre Nkurunziza failed in his attempt to return home from a Tanzania trip as pro-coup forces seized the Bujumbura airport.

The missiles have a range of over 186 miles and can be found in the arsenal of several countries worldwide.

Mali is currently reeling under a violent civil war that has pitted separatist and Islamist rebels against pro-government forces and militias.

The two officers were shot Saturday during a routine traffic stop following which they were taken to a hospital where they were pronounced dead.

The round of firing comes amid escalating tensions between the two Koreas over the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea.

U.S. officials have called on media outlets to update their coverage of the Islamic State group, saying inaccurate coverage could contribute to ISIS propaganda.

In two days, Malaysian authorities have turned away as many migrant boats carrying over 800 asylum seekers.