Train derailment slows commutes in Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Railroad officials in Connecticut say the morning commute is going as well as can be expected following Friday's train collision that that injured 72 people and has shut down service. Metro-North is using a fleet of 120 buses at the Bridgeport train station to help rail commuters make their way around the scene of the accident and help get them get to New York City. A ...

New food map will tell us what we eat

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill think they can do a better, more up to date job than the government of finding out what people eat and how many calories are in ...

Crews work to clear downed trees and power lines from Sundays storms

More than 15,000 Kansas City Power and Light customers were without power on Monday morning after a powerful line of storms swept through the metro on Sunday evening. Power had been restored to more than 39,000 customers since the storms came through. Power was expected to be restored for everyone by the end of the day today. The storms knocked down several trees and power lines across the ...

Strong winds blow roof off of Independence church

Most of the roof was blown off of the building at 10537 East 6th Street about 7:45 p.m. The pastor of the church told KMBC's Kerri Stowell that services had just wrapped up for the evening when the storms swept through. Thankfully no one was inside or near the roof when it came off of the building. "There's leakage from the old roof that's under this roof, and there's ...

2 die in all-terrain vehicle crash in Missouri

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the victims as driver Gregory J. Ormsby and his passenger, Stacey L. Ormsby. Both were 42 years old and from Doniphan. They died at separate hospitals after the ATV ran off a road early Sunday on U.S. 160, 15 miles west of Doniphan. The ATV then struck a tree and overturned, ejecting its ...