Sixty people were injured, five of them critically, and rail traffic from New York to Boston was shut down after a Metro-North commuter train derailed and plowed into a second train Friday in Fairfield, Conn., Gov. Dan Malloy said.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority official ...

There's been a groundswell of 17-year cicadas in Virginia and other southern states, as revealed by a fresh wave of photos and eyewitness reports. In some areas, the outbreak has been accompanied by the insects' loud chorus call. And that's music to the ears of University of Connecticut entomologist John Cooley."That's where I'm heading," Cooley told NBC News. The weather is still too cool in New ...

Two Metro-North commuter trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., authorities said, injuring 49 people, four of them seriously, and halting rail traffic from New York to Boston.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials told NBC News.NBC Connecticut: 49 injured in Metro-N...

Two Metro-North trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., authorities said, injuring 22 people, four of them seriously, and halting all rail traffic between New York and Boston.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials told NBC News.NBC Connecticut: Commuter train crash i...

Two Metro-North trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., transit authorities said, injuring 20 to 25 people and halting some rush-hour service on one of the nation's busiest commuter rail lines.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a high-level official of the Metropolitan Transit Authority told NBC News.NBC Conne...