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Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, walks from the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

‘Human’ error or ‘knowing’ recklessness? Jury to decide Amtrak engineer’s fate

In closing statements, prosecutors argued that Bostian “knew where he was” but accelerated his train anyway, while the defense urged understanding for a mistake.

4 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment
Courts & Law

Prosecution rests in trial of Amtrak engineer charged over deadly 2015 derailment

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office rested its case against the Amtrak engineer accused in 2015’s deadly derailment.

4 years ago

Gas prices are seen at a Mobil gas station
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Politics & Policy

The U.S. and 30 other nations are releasing oil from reserves to try to calm markets

Oil-consuming nations will bring 60 million barrels of crude out of storage and onto global markets. It's aimed to calm oil prices down, but global crude went up on the news.

4 years ago

Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, arrives at criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors claim training should have prevented fatal Amtrak derailment

Two witnesses, also engineers, described the intensive training they underwent, which included memorizing the speed limit for each portion of their route.

4 years ago

Protesters stoning a trolley car attempting to break a 1910 strike
Community
Billy Penn

Transit workers in 1910 sparked a general strike that brought Philadelphia to a standstill

Upwards of 75k people walked off the job.

4 years ago

In this May 13, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work near the wreckage of a New York City-bound Amtrak passenger train following a derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200 others in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

First day of trial for Amtrak engineer focuses on key question: crime or terrible accident?

Prosecutors and defense attorneys laid out opposing perspectives on the line between an accident and a crime in the case of Brandon Bostian.

4 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car. (Anna Orso/Billy Penn)
Community

SEPTA is replacing security guards with guides to offer kinder service to riders

The guides will use a less confrontational method to remind riders about SEPTA rules including fare evasion and smoking policies.

4 years ago

File photo: Brandon Bostian, the engineer involved in the 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, departs from the center for criminal justice in Philadelphia after a hearing, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Jury selected for trial of Amtrak engineer in deadly 2015 derailment

A jury has been chosen in the criminal trial of train engineer Brandon Bostian, 38, for his role in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in North Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Amtrak train, headed to New York City, derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Criminal trial begins this week for Amtrak engineer in fatal 2015 train crash

After bouncing around the legal system, a criminal case against the engineer who crashed an Amtrak train nearly seven years ago is finally getting underway.

4 years ago

Police move in to clear protesters from downtown Ottawa near Parliament hill on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Police resumed pushing back protesters on Saturday after arresting more than 100 and towing away vehicles in Canada’s besieged capital, and scores of trucks left under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions
Politics & Policy

Canadian police clear Parliament street to end siege

With protesters in clear retreat, the end of the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions and the government appeared to be in sight.

4 years ago

Passengers wait at the Somerset Statio
Community

‘Welcome back’ discounts and new schedules address SEPTA’s COVID ridership slump

Along with some discounts, SEPTA adds service on some routes, but longer waits on others, to adjust to COVID ridership trends.

4 years ago

File photo: The logo for the Tesla Supercharger station is seen in Buford, Ga, April 22, 2021,. Tesla is recalling nearly 579,000 vehicles in the U.S. because sounds played over an external speaker can obscure audible warnings for pedestrians. The recall is the fourth made public in the last two weeks as U.S. safety regulators increase scrutiny of the nation’s largest electric vehicle maker
Community

Tesla faces another US investigation: unexpected braking

The government says it has 354 complaints from owners during the past nine months about “phantom braking” in Tesla's Models 3 and Y.

4 years ago

File photo: A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle ride, in Mesa, Ariz. Waymo, the Google self-driving vehicle spinoff, is moving to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Science

Trenton receives $5 million grant to make MOVES for residents

The City of Trenton is getting a $5 million grant from the state to begin planning a transit system to help a majority of its residents who either have one car or no car.

4 years ago

Police arrive to clear protestors and their vehicles from a blockade at the entrance to the  Ambassador Bridge, that was sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on February 12, 2022 in Windsor, Canada. (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Police clear out truckers, but protesters on foot keep U.S.-Canada bridge closed

Demonstrators at the Ambassador Bridge had defied warnings to end a blockade that disrupted the flow of goods and forced the auto industry on both sides to stall production.

4 years ago

Travelers walk to their gates at the Philadelphia International Airport
Community

Philadelphia airport sees surge in passengers bringing guns to TSA checkpoints

It’s never OK to bring a gun on a plane in your carry-on. But the Philly airport saw a record number of passengers try to do so last year.

4 years ago

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