• Associated Press

    Child is among 3 dead after Amtrak train hits a pickup truck in upstate New York

    A child was among the three victims killed when a passenger train hit a pickup truck, officials said. The northbound Amtrak train hit a Dodge truck Friday evening in North Tonawanda, New York, a small town along the Niagara River between Niagara Falls and Buffalo, police said. The victims included a 6-year-old boy, a 66-year-old woman, and a 69-year-old man, North Tonawanda Police Department Captain Daryl Truty said in a statement posted on Saturday.

  • Reuters

    Israel seeks bipartisan US support against establishment of a Palestinian state

    Israel called for bipartisan support on Sunday from the United States against the establishment of a Palestinian state, which it said would be a reward for Hamas and its backer Iran. European Union members including Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and Malta have said they could recognise a Palestinian state this month, seeing a two-state solution as essential for lasting peace. Israel's foreign minister, Israel Katz, who met top House Republican Elise Stefanik earlier, said if a Palestinian state was established, Iran would use it as a base to "work towards the destruction of Israel".

  • The Canadian Press

    Guimaraes caps Newcastle win at Brentford in Premier League with bucket-hat celebration

    LONDON (AP) — Bruno Guimaraes scored to cap a 4-2 win for Newcastle at Brentford in the final day of the Premier League season and celebrated in a bucket hat. The Brazil midfielder, linked with a move away from Newcastle in the offseason, hit the team's fourth to halt a potential Brentford comeback. He lapped up the moment in front of the away fans after his goal clinched seventh place for Newcastle and — if Manchester City beats Manchester United in the FA Cup final next weekend — a return to E