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MENDON, Mo. (AP) — More than 40 people transported to hospitals in Amtrak derailment that killed 3 in rural Missouri.

By The Associated Press An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck at an uncontrolled crossing in a rural area of Missouri killing three people on the train and one in the truck. At least 150 others were injured. The crash happened Monday near Mendon, Missouri. Several cars derailed. The train was traveling from Los

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — A commuter bus crash clipped a parked truck and flipped onto its side Monday morning near Los Angeles International Airport, injuring at least 20 people, three of them critically, authorities said. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation bus clipped a parked tractor-trailer rig near the airport at about 8:30 a.m.,

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether to make abortion a right under the state constitution.

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press MENDON, Mo. (AP) — Three people were killed and others were injured when a passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri on Monday, officials said. It was not immediately clear how many people were hurt beyond

MENDON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State Highway Patrol official says 3 people killed in Amtrak train derailment.

MENDON, Mo. (AP) — Air ambulance service official tells Kansas City Star at least 8 helicopters taking patients from derailed train.

BRENTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three women killed when an Amtrak commuter train smashed into their car in Northern California were headed to a fundraiser at a vineyard for a Brentwood resident who died less than a week ago. The crash occurred Sunday around 1 p.m. in a rural area near Brentwood, about an hour’s drive

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Pitcher Danielle O’Toole won the inaugural Athletes Unlimited AUX Softball competition, capping a comeback in which she went from nearly worst to first. O’Toole finished with 1,436 points in the two-week, 42-player competition that ended Sunday morning, ending up with a 1.69 earned run average and tied for the

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Growing up as the son of a major league ballplayer, Terry Francona knew the rules: “Talk only when spoken to, or I’d be spanked.” When Francona became a big league manager and his players would bring their kids around, he ran a more hospitable clubhouse. “There

MENDON, Mo. (AP) — An air ambulance service official says at least eight helicopters are taking patients from the site of a passenger train that derailed in Missouri while traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. Matt Daugherty, Lifeflight Eagle director of business development, said helicopters were responding from around the state, The Kansas City Star

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old man was arrested after stealing food while carrying a handgun and a semi-automatic rifle at a Southern California pizza restaurant. Police in Ontario, Calif. said in a statement that officers received a call Sunday about a man at a Little Caesars location displaying a firearm in the

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — “They want to know if they can drink,” went the inquiry from one card distributor to a steward at Wimbledon Park as hundreds of tents in all hues dotted the still-green grass. “Drink? Like, ‘drink’ drink? Why not?” arrived the hushed reply, quickly, conspiratorially, followed

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, died Monday. He was 76. His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California. He had been hospitalized with circulation

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. The 348-foot-long (106-meter-long) Amadea flew an American flag as it sailed past the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway and under the Coronado Bridge. The Department of Justice said the Amadea

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — A commuter bus crash left the vehicle on its side Monday morning near Los Angeles International Airport. Firefighters assessed 13 people for minor injuries, KTLA-TV reported. The crash occurred on Imperial Highway in suburban El Segundo. The Los Angeles Fire Department said it was assisting the neighboring department. KTLA said

ANDERSON, Calif. (AP) — Swaths of private California forestlands will be closed to the public starting this week due to extreme drought and risk of wildfires, the owner announced. Sierra Pacific Industries said the closure will take effect July 1 and will remain in effect until further notice. The huge lumber manufacturer owns more than

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heat advisories continued Monday for much of Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley as a ridge of high pressure sat over the West Coast. Temperatures away from the coast were expected to remain well above normal, topping out in triple digits in many areas, the National Weather Service said. The