Derailed: At least four people were killed this morning when a Metro North train from Poughkeepsie to New York derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station. The New York Fire Department says 67 people were injured, 11 critically. Four of the …

Tension: The US government yesterday urged its passenger airlines to notify China before passing through its newly claimed airspace over the East China Sea. The State Department said this does not indicate US acceptance of China’s demands, but does acknowledge …

Shop Till You Drop: A crowd of 15,000 waited outside Macy’s on Herald Square until the doors opened at 8 pm. Big chain retailers across the country opened for a 24-hour shopathon. Wal-Mart opened at 6 pm, two hours earlier …

Thanksgiving On Parade: Snoopy, Spiderman, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of the Macy’s parade balloons floated over Central Park West this morning. Winds were just below the level at which NY City would have grounded them. But Macy’s other contribution …

Travel: It’s snowing in western New York and Pennsylvania as holiday travelers hit the road. Snow fell in Atlanta, but mostly it’s raining along the Atlantic coast and the I-95 corridor, the east coast artery from Florida to Maine that …

Stormy Weather:  A massive storm system stretching from Georgia to Pennsylvania and New York promises to dump heavy rain, freezing rain and snow on the eve of Thanksgiving. As much as a foot of snow is expected in western New …

Stormy Weather: A major winter storm already credited with 8 deaths in the West is moving east just in time to foul Thanksgiving travel. There’s a foot of snow in New Mexico and it’s snowing in Colorado. More than 300 …

Breakthrough: The US and a coalition of five countries reached a groundbreaking  agreement that stops Iran from making bomb-grade uranium. The deal lasts just 6 months, but it signals a different relationship between Iran and the West. This provides time …

Knockout: The story of the week is what’s called “the knockout game” in which teenage boys and young men try to knock out random targets with one punch. Grainy surveillance video from several cities shows young men suddenly punching victims …

The Bomb: Senate Democrats voted “the nuclear option” yesterday, lowering the number of votes to end a filibuster from 60 to 51. It prevents Republican senators from blocking President Obama’s judicial and executive nominees. “They will pay a very, very …