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Air travel thawing out; airlines resume NY flights
Air travel in the New York area is getting back to normal after the second major storm in little more than a week. United Airlines and American ...
Tour winner Wiggins out of hospital after crash
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins was released from hospital with broken ribs a day after a collision with a car while cycling. Wiggins was ...
With another storm, airlines take no chances
Major airlines scrapped flights in and out of the New York area Wednesday as the region was socked with the second significant storm in little more ...
Flights canceled ahead of another Northeast storm
Airlines are again looking at canceling flights in and out of the Northeast, just a week after Superstorm Sandy led to more than 23,000 cancellations ...
Sammy Kershaw involved in tour bus accident
Country singer Sammy Kershaw is thankful to be alive after his tour bus was struck by another vehicle. It happened Friday in Nocona, Texas. The impact ...
Mayor: Police helicopter refurbished before crash
The Atlanta police helicopter that crashed and killed two officers on board had been completely refurbished within the last decade, and its pilot and ...
Post Sandy, manic Monday begins for commuters
Commuters streaming into New York City on Monday endured long waits and crowded trains, giving the recovering transit system a stress test a week ...
WHY IT MATTERS: Infrastructure
The issue: From bridges to broadband, America's infrastructure is supposed to be speeding along commerce, delivering us to work and piping energy and ...
NTSB: Police chopper hit pole, crashed; 2 killed
A low-flying police helicopter searching for a runaway boy hit a power line pole before it plummeted to the ground and exploded, killing both officers ...
Tragedies can't break heroic NY community's spirit
Tragedy has too often visited one Queens community, but residents drew a line in the sand with Superstorm Sandy, rallying with a surfboard and kayaks ...
Misidentified 2010 plane crash victim reburied
A repeat burial was held on Saturday for Poland's last president-in-exile, whose body was misidentified and buried in the wrong grave following the ...
Corporations just beginning to tally Sandy's costs
Corporate America is just starting to add up its losses from Superstorm Sandy, expected to be one of the most expensive storms in U.S. history.
Ky. evacuation indefinite as chemical tanker burns
Hundreds of people will remain forced from their homes indefinitely as a massive effort continued Friday to move derailed train cars filled with ...
Wheel you marry me? Europe has crush on cycling
Cycling through the heart of some European cities can be a terrifying experience as you jostle for space with cars, trucks and scooters that whizz by ...
Lines at East Coast gas stations steam commuters
Cabdriver Harum Prince joined a nearly mile-long line for gasoline early Friday in Manhattan after already spending three hours in a similar queue in ...
Coast Guard probing cause of tall ship's sinking
The Coast Guard has ordered a formal investigation into the sinking of a famous tall ship off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy.
Crash kills Suicide Silence singer Mitchell Lucker
Mitchell Lucker, frontman for the death-metal band rising star Suicide Silence, died Thursday of injuries in a Southern California motorcycle crash.
Mayor says NYC Marathon won't divert resources
The blue and orange finish line is in place in Central Park, no superstorm debris in sight. Little else is normal with the New York City Marathon.
Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC
Frustration — and in some cases fear — mounted in New York City on Thursday, three days after Superstorm Sandy. Traffic backed up for miles at ...
Amtrak to restore service from NYC to Boston
Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm Sandy, the ...
Derailed tanker burns in Ky. with no end in sight
The blaze that authorities initially said would end in a couple of hours instead spewed flames and smoke from a derailed tanker car for a second day ...
Power, transit outages will increase Sandy's costs
Widespread power outages and subway shutdowns may wind up making Superstorm Sandy the second most expensive storm in U.S. history, according to the ...
Flying gets easier but travel woes still persist
Planes are getting up to speed faster than trains and automobiles in the storm-stricken Northeast. All the region's major airports were open once New ...
Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service
Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, but traffic at bridges backed up for ...