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Passenger Rails Need Better Security and No-Ride List, Unions Say
Two major railroad workers unions have asked the Department of Homeland Security to beef up security on Amtrak and other passenger lines, including by creating a no-ride list akin to the no-fly list that prevents people identified as risks from boarding planes
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Biden Forgoing Amtrak Trip to Washington Over Security Fears
President-elect Joe Biden will no longer be taking an Amtrak train to Washington for his inauguration because of security concerns
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Amtrak Now Requires Customers Wear Face Coverings
Amtrak began requiring customers to cover their faces in stations, on trains and thruway buses Monday.
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Charges Dropped, Again, Against Amtrak Engineer in Deadly Philadelphia Crash
Involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges have once again been dropped against the Amtrak engineer at the controls during a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.
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Multiple People Dead After Amtrak Train Crashes into Vehicle
Multiple people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train and a vehicle collided in Jupiter Saturday afternoon, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.
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Police Dashcam Captures Moment Amtrak Train Slams Car on NJ Tracks
Dashcam video from a West Windsor Police Department patrol car captured the moment an Amtrak train slammed into an alleged drunk driver’s car stuck on the tracks Tuesday night. The harrowing event began when police responded to a report of a disabled car on the west bound train tracks beneath the Route 64 Bridge at the Princeton Junction Station, just...
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Amtrak Offers Half-Off Sale Across the US for November Travel
If you’ve wanted to travel by train, now’s a good time to buy your tickets. Amtrak is offering 50% off fares as part of a two-day sale this Tuesday and Wednesday. Travel dates run from
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Booker Could End Campaign If Fundraising Doesn't Pick Up
Cory Booker’s presidential campaign manager is warning supporters that without a fundraising boost to end September, the Democrat’s campaign does “not see a legitimate long-term path forward.”
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Amtrak to Launch Nonstop Service Between New York City and Washington, D.C
Travelers wishing to have a shorter train ride between New York City and Washington, D.C. are in luck – Amtrak announced the launch of Acela Nonstop, offering direct service between the two emblematic cities.
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Suspect Arrested in Rape, Murder of Nanny Dumped in NJ Lake
Jorge Rios, 33, of Jersey City, was arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, officials say. Wale Aliyu reports.
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Woman Found in NJ Lake May Have Been Strangled
Carolina Cano, 45, was found dead in the lake in Lincoln Park. Checkey Beckford reports.
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New Details Emerge in Death of Jersey City Nanny Found in Lake
Enhanced security is expected to continue around the New Jersey park where a nanny was found dead in a lake last week, apparently kidnapped and strangled by a stranger when she left home to exercise two weekends ago. Calling the death of 45-year-old Carolina Cano a “stranger on stranger attack,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop reaffirmed Monday the increased security...
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Amtrak Worker Shoots Supervisor at NYC Train Yard, Kills Self in SUV: Police
An Amtrak worker killed himself in a Cadillac SUV after shooting his supervisor at the railroad’s Sunnyside Yard in Queens and fleeing the scene Thursday, officials say.
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Evacuations Lifted for Flooded California Wine Country Towns
Authorities in Northern California have reopened the roads into two towns cut off for days by a rain-swollen river and residents and work crews have started cleaning up the muck that flooding left behind.
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Russian River Recedes After Flooding 2,000 Buildings in Guerneville and Monte Rio
Floodwaters that turned two Northern California wine country communities into islands reachable only by boat began receding Thursday as a rain-engorged river finally peaked after swamping thousands of homes and businesses.
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Passengers Stranded 2 Nights on Amtrak That Hit Tree Amid Snow
Nearly 200 people were stuck on an Amtrak train in rural eastern Oregon for two nights after it hit a tree that fell onto the tracks in a snowed-in city dealing with power outages. The Amtrak Coast Starlight train was near Eugene, Oregon, on its way to Los Angeles from Seattle Sunday evening when it struck the tree. None of...
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New Acela Trains to Shorten Route Between DC and New York
Tilting trains? It might sound strange, but Amtrak’s new Acela line trains that lean into curves and bends will shave time off trips, and they plan to roll them out over the next couple of years.
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Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker entered the Democratic presidential race announcing he is running for president.
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Bitter Cold Sets in as Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc on Travel
Bitter cold is setting in after a major winter storm blanketed a wide swath of the country in snow, sleet and rain this weekend, creating dangerously icy conditions that promise to complicate cleanup efforts and make travel challenging on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Some of the coldest temperatures felt so far this season started to set in across the...
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Hurricane Michael Snarls Travel in the Southern US
Airlines canceled dozens of flights on Wednesday in the Southern U.S. as “life-threatening” Hurricane Michael approached Florida’s Gulf Coast, packing 140 mph wind. The Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall on Wednesday. Federal forecasters warned that the storm could cause severe flooding along the Florida Panhandle and the Alabama coast as well as bring heavy rain through the...