Watch: Man falls on subway tracks and pulled to safety
Saturday, 18 April 2015, 07:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
When a man tumbled onto the tracks at a downtown Philadelphia subway station, one passenger leaped into action. Surveillance video shows Alfred McNamee walking close to the edge of the platform...
Gas-line blast closes major highway, injures at least 11
Saturday, 18 April 2015, 06:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A large gas pipeline exploded into a tower of fire Friday in California, closing both directions of a major highway in the region and injuring at least 11 people, at least three of them critically,...
Top Iraqi militant leader 'killed'
Friday, 17 April 2015, 17:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Fugitive Iraqi militant leader Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former right-hand man to Saddam Hussein, has been killed, Iraqi officials say. They say he died in fighting with government troops in...
German president: Germanwings crash an 'unbelievable horror'
Friday, 17 April 2015, 14:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The Germanwings crash last month was an "unbelievable horror" for the families of those killed, compounded by the apparent senselessness of the co-pilot's actions in bringing down the plane, German...
After Alps crash, some experts ponder flights without pilots
Friday, 17 April 2015, 13:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
To improve airline safety, maybe we need to remove the pilots. That radical idea is decades away, if it ever becomes a reality. But following the intentional crashing of Germanwings Flight 9525...
Pope Francis considering Cuba stop during US trip but no decision
Friday, 17 April 2015, 10:05
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis is considering adding a stop in Cuba to his U.S. trip in September but that no decision has been made. Francis has been credited with having helped the...