Two freight trains have collided head-on and exploded into flames in Oklahoma.

News that European leaders were drawing up a new rescue plan for Greece and taking a broader approach to dealing with Europe’s debt troubles drove markets higher Thursday.

Several more bodies remain in the wreckage of a crashed commuter train, in addition to the 18 confirmed deaths already announced, a Los Angeles County coroner’s official said today.

Los Angeles fire officials say at least 17 people have been killed in the collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train in the San Fernando Valley.

AS YOU read this the people of Jamaica will be counting the cost of Hurricane Dean and others on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico will be braced for what is expected to be an even greater onslaught from that source.

Two commuter trains collided and derailed in a Los Angeles suburb today, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others.

The torrential storm that caused the deadly mudslide in California is leaving a path of destruction in other Western states, bringing flooding that has gobbled up houses and roads and forced hundreds to flee.

A train carrying non-hazardous chemicals is partially suspended over a steep cliff after derailing in northeastern California.

An Amtrak train crashed into a freight train, derailed and caught fire today, but the passengers escaped without serious injury, officials said.