The Drones are Coming…To Deliver Amazon Packages?

Amazon.com is testing delivering packages using drones, CEO Jeff Bezos said on the CBS TV news show 60 Minutes Sunday.

The idea would be to deliver packages as quickly as possible using the small, unmanned aircraft, through a service the company is calling Prime Air, the CEO said.

Bezos…

4 Dead Over 60 Injured in New York Train Derailment

A suburban New York train derailed on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring 63, including 11 critically, officials said.

All seven cars of the Metro-North train derailed off a large curved section of track at 7:20 a.m. in New York about 100 yards (meters) north…

8 Die When Police Helicopter Crashes into Pub

Scottish authorities raised the death toll to eight people Saturday in the crash of a police helicopter into a crowded Glasgow pub, stressing that a rescue and recovery operation is ongoing and it is unclear what they will find when the aircraft’s wreckage is moved.

The higher death toll…

The Nation Remembers JFK, 50 Years Later

Dallas will observe the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination with its first official memorial on Friday, as the rest of the nation pauses to remember the event that changed history.

At Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia where Kennedy is buried, family members laid a wreath at…

Police Officer Fires on Minivan Full of Kids

Two New Mexico state police officers are under investigation and a mother and her 14-year-old son are facing charges after a routine traffic stop turned to chaos when the teen physically confronted one officer and another officer fired shots at a minivan carrying children.

Details of the recent…