U.S. federal investigators have found no record that the engineer of the Amtrak commuter train that crashed in Philadelphia last week reported an object hit his locomotive in the minutes before it derailed, a U.S. official said on Sunday.
An Amtrak passenger train with more than 200 passengers on board derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least five people and injuring scores of others, several of them critically, authorities said.
A former Toronto stockbroker failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence for causing more than $55 million of losses in an international stocks scam.
Ronald Wagenhoffer, a building inspector who approved construction at a four-story building that collapsed, killing six people last week, committed suicide, city officials confirmed on Thursday. Wagenhoffer was the last city official to check on construction at the building, and reportedly did not find any violations during his inspection on May 14.
Two buildings collapsed in a busy commercial strip of Center City in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, leaving two reportedly killed with at least 13 people injured, the Associated Press reported. Officials said a search-and-rescue operation will remain active for at least 12 to 24 hours with the exact number of people who were inside the thrift store when it was destroyed remains unknown.
Major retired Philadelphia mob boss Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi will seek bail after a jury deadlocked Tuesday on a racketeering charge against him, and deadlocked or acquitted him of all eight lesser counts in a gambling and loansharking case, according The Associated Press and Philly.com.
Nine of Philadelphia's city judges were charged with fixing tickets for friends, business associates, political allies and relatives, according to a new federal indictment.
