Washington train travelling 80km/h over speed limit

Three dead and more than 70 taken to hospital as fire crews pulled 13 cars off track

At least six dead as train derails onto Washington highway

Nearly 100 people are injured after incident during inaugural journey on a new rail route

Trump casts a shadow for strangers on a Rockies train

US president dominates conversation on the Amtrak journey despite the dramatic scenery

Norwegian checks in for Cork’s maiden transatlantic flight

Inaugural journey a ‘massive milestone’ for airport as airline enters Irish market

The American film location scout who fell for Belfast

‘I love the smallness of Belfast’ says Scott Dewees, who lives in the Titanic Quarter

Massive real estate development to alter New York skyline

Hudson Yards will see new skyscrapers and cover 28 acres of midtown Manhattan

Markets fall on increased speculation of US rate rise

Probability of September rate hike at 42% with odds for a December move at 65%

Donald Trump wins clean sweep, declares Republican race ‘over’

Clinton scores four out of five north-eastern state victories forcing Sanders to change tack

Low-key John Kasich offers himself as Republican alternative

Voters seem to like the Ohio governor. But so far hardly anyone has voted for him

Ask Joan: Exploring eastern US and skiing for Christmas

Washington, New York, Boston and a family ski holiday during the festive season

Ask Joan: Toronto to Boston overland, Paris to Rome by air and Alvor by road

Visiting Niagara on the Lake, family trip to Rome and driving to the Algarve

Derailed Amtrak train ‘may have been hit by object’

Windscreen of US train possibly shattered by projectile before fatal crash, investigators say

Are Google’s self-driving cars a danger on the roads of California?

Like it or not, self-drive is the future of transport

Philadelphia crash: Train travelling at double the speed limit

US investigators examine black box data after accident that killed at least seven

New York City left deserted as storm fears blow over

Weather service says ‘much less snow’ to fall after earlier predicting ‘life-threatening’ blizzard

Ask Joan

Springfield via Chicago, going to Herculaneum and finding specialist health insurers

‘Extreme’ snowstorm plunges US into deep freeze

Four people confirmed dead and more stranded as blizzard-like conditions sweep across New York

Tracking history aboard the New York to Washington train

America Letter: a rail conductor teaches passengers about the past on Amtrak

Word for Word: Trains and poems go far together

Deaths reveal a hidden history of labour and the story of Irish America

There’s a sinister side to the story of Pennsylvania’s 57 dead Irishmen

Snow storm causes travel chaos, closes government on US east coast

Weather service describes storm as event of ‘historical proportions’

US east coast battered by snow storm

Thousands of flights grounded and government offices closed

Record low temperatures as polar vortex drives Arctic winds down US east coast

New York weather coldest for 118 years amid warnings about frostbite, hypothermia

Arctic air sends record-breaking freeze across eastern US

Flights cancelled and homeless shelters overwhelmed as temperatures plummet

At least nine die due to storm on US east coast

Blizzards cause major travel disruption with states of emergency in New York and New Jersey

Men in court in Canada over planned terrorist attack on passenger train

Iran rejects police accusations plot was backed by al-Qaeda elements

Canada foils ‘al-Qaeda-supported’ passenger train plot

Two men charged with plot to derail train

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