VIDEO: Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital


Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities.
VIDEO: Kids Among Victims in NOLA Parade Shooting


Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said. (May 12)
VIDEO: Raw: Spacewalking Astronauts Hope to Stop Leak


Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. (May 11)
VIDEO: Today in History May 11


Highlights of this day in history: Charges dropped against Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case; Garry Kasparov loses a chess match against IBM’s Deep Blue computer; Songwriter Irving Berlin born; Reggae star Bob Marley dies. (May 11)
VIDEO: Today in History May 10


Highlights of this day in history: A golden spike completes America’s first transcontinental railroad; Nazis burn books in Germany; Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland; Nelson Mandela takes office in S. Africa; U2′s frontman Bono born. (May 10)
VIDEO: Today in History May 9


Highlights of this day in history: The FDA approves the first birth control pill; FCC chief Newton Minow condemns TV programming; Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole; Journalist Mike Wallace and singer Billy Joel born. (May 9)
VIDEO: FBI: Girls’ ‘nightmare Is Over’


Law enforcement officials call Amanda Berry the ‘real hero’ in ending the nightmare for her and two other girls who went missing in Cleveland a decade ago. (May 7)
VIDEO: 3 Women, Missing for Years, Found Alive in Ohio


Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago have been found alive in Cleveland. Three men are now under arrest. (May 7)
VIDEO: Tensions As Israel Targets Syria in Airstrikes


Israeli warplanes have carried out strikes in Syria twice in the last three days, and now Israel is deploying two batteries of its Iron Dome rocket defense system to the north of the country. (May 5)
VIDEO: Today in History for May 4th


Here is a look at some of the notable events that took place on this day in history, May 4th.

