Nation: The governor of West Virginia declared a state of emergency after a train pulling 109 cars of North Dakota crude oil derailed yesterday, setting tanker cars on fire and spilling oil into the Kanawha River, a source of local …

Friendly Fire: An American two-star general is reported to have been killed today by a gunman in an Afghan army uniform at a military training academy outside Kabul. Two other soldiers also were reported killed and as many as 15 …

Mudslide: A rare summer rain caused mudslides near Mt. Baldy in California’s San Bernardino County, killing one person and trapping about 3,000 people in the mountains. Among the stranded were 500 campers who had just arrived. The mud wiped out …

Trucefire: A 72-hour ceasefire that started at 8am local time in Gaza collapsed hours after it began. An Israeli infantry officer appears to have been captured by Hamas gunmen who emerged from a tunnel and a suicide bomber killed two …

Intel: The US yesterday released satellite images that it says are proof Russia has fired rockets from its own territory into eastern Ukraine. The images show Russian self-propelled artillery on their side of the border and the position of a …

Smokin’ in the Newsroom: In a sign that marijuana is the new martini,The New York Times editorial board has endorsed legalized weed, saying simply, “The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana.” The Great Gray Lady says that after …

Gaza: Thousands of Gaza residents returned to destroyed homes and neighborhoods today, searching for possessions and burying the dead, during a 12-hour humanitarian pause in fighting. Some large areas had been reduced to rubble.   Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed. …

Derailed: A Moscow Metro subway train derailed and crashed today, killing at least 20 people and injuring 150. The cause was not immediately evident. The crash happened 275 feet below the streets, making rescue and recovery more difficult. Authorities say …

We Knew That: Flame-haired former newspaper editor Rebekah Brooks has been found not guilty of hacking the cellphones of celebrities and news subjects for Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World. Her former deputy Andy Coulson was found guilty on …