I knew someone on AA 5342. That is the subject line of an email that my colleague, Adrian Ma, sent to some of the leaders here at NPR the morning after the American Airlines flight that crashed ...

A Hong Kong tourist was killed in Japan after a train rammed into her while she was taking photos on the tracks. The incident, which occurred in the coastal city of Otaru in Hokkaido, took place ...

The victim was taken into the hospital in critical condition, where she later died. At 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Taylor Hall ...

Four weeks later, Lopez started vomiting in a Michigan asparagus field. Three months after that, he died, presumably of kidney failure. “Nobody knew what would happen,” said Guillermina Lopez ...

The victim was taken into the hospital in critical condition, where she later died. There is no word on any suspects at this point. Pittsburgh police continue to investigate.

The ocean can be a terrifying place. That thought became a reality on Feb. 8 when kayaker Adrián Simancas was paddling off the coast of Chile and a humpback whale suddenly breached the surface ...