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Watch VideoRaw: Train Derails After Overpass Collapse

Raw: Train Derails After Overpass Collapse

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a cargo train collision in southeast Missouri. Authorities say a highway overpass collapsed early today when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after the collision. (May 25) Full Story

Watch VideoRaw: Rescues From San Antonio Flooding

Raw: Rescues From San Antonio Flooding

It's a real mess in south-central Texas. Heavy rains have led to massive flooding. Fire officials say about 130 people have been rescued from their homes and cars in the San Antonio area. (May 25) Full Story

Entertainment Video News

Watch VideoCain, Elise 'Hit the Floor' in New VH1 Series

Cain, Elise 'Hit the Floor' in New VH1 Series

Dean Cain returns to the small screen alongside Kimberly Elise in the new series "Hit the Floor," premiering May 27 on VH1. (May 24) Full Story

Watch VideoRaw: Bynes Makes Court Appearance in Wig

Raw: Bynes Makes Court Appearance in Wig

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a New York criminal court on charges she tossed a bong out the window of her Manhattan apartment building. (May 24) Full Story

National

San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued

San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued

Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least two people dead as emergency workers rushed to rescue more than 200 residents stranded in cars and homes. Full Story

Entertainment

NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations

NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations

Internal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was charged with heaving a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. Full Story

Health

Feds fight morning-after pill age ruling in NY

Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill. Full Story

World

Niger president says attackers came from Libya

Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern Libya. Full Story

News in Pictures

Mo. highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

Local

FBI Investigates Possible Illegal LAPD Gun Sales

The FBI is investigating whether members of the Los Angeles Police Department's elite SWAT team and Special Investigations Section bought more than 300 custom-made handguns intended for on-duty use and illegally resold ... Full Story

Politics

Political landscape changes with improving economy

Political landscape changes with improving economy

Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch, robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. Full Story

Finance

Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina

Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online. Full Story

Science & Tech

Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto

Protesters across globe rally against Monsanto

Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said. Full Story

Strange

Police: 'Thong Cape Scooter Man' not breaking law

A man who wears thong underwear and a cape while riding his scooter through Wisconsin's capital city may be a strange sight. But police say he isn't breaking any laws. Full Story