Martha Bellisle

Associated Press

Cars from an Amtrak train that derailed the day before are shown illuminated by floodlights, late Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, as they rest near a train signal near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.

Investigators Seek Cause of Deadly Montana Train Derailment

The train was carrying about 141 passengers and 16 crew members.

In this July 16, 2019, file photo, officers taking part in training load gun clips with ammunition at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission in Burien, Wash. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with record sales of firearms have created a shortage of ammunition in the United States that has impacting competition and recreational shooters, hunters, people seeking personal protection and law enforcement agencies.

Ammunition Shelves Bare as U.S. Gun Sales Continue to Soar

The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates 20 million guns were sold last year.

A worker walks near a mural of a Boeing 747-8 airplane at the company's manufacturing facility in Everett, Wash., Monday, March 23, 2020, north of Seattle.

Boeing Suspends Production

The shutdown comes after a worker reportedly died of COVID-19.

In this July 16, 2019, file photo, a man walks across the street from a Capital One location in San Francisco. Federal prosecutors say Paige Thompson, the woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations, is a threat to herself and society, a flight risk and should be kept locked up until her trial. Prosecutors are expected to make their argument for detaining Thompson at a hearing Friday, Aug. 23 in Seattle. Prosecutors say the former software engineer has a history of stalking and threatening to kill people and to get herself killed by police. Her lawyers denied that she is violent.

Prosecutors Seek to Deny Hacker's Bail

They say the woman is dangerous, and a flight risk.

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle has granted an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from allowing a Texas company to post 3D gun-making plans online.

Cody Wilson is Selling 3D-Printed Gun Plans

He has already received nearly 400 orders.

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Seattle has granted an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from allowing a Texas company to post 3D gun-making plans online.

3D Printed Gun Plans Can't Be Posted Online

Judge says access to the plastic guns would pose a security risk.

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States Aim to Stop 3D Printed Gun Plans

Many of the files are already online.

In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Cody Wilson, with Defense Distributed, holds a 3D-printed gun called the Liberator at his shop in Austin, Texas. Eleven states have joined eight others and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit that seeks to block a settlement the Trump administration reached with a company that wants to post online plans to make 3D firearms on a printer.

More States Sue to Stop 3D-Printed Guns

States say the availability of plastic guns threatens safety in prisons and jails and makes air travel more susceptible to terrorist attacks.

In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, shows a plastic handgun made on a 3D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Eight states filed suit Monday, July 30, 2018, against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.

Judge Blocks 3D Printed Gun Blueprints

Hours before the restraining order was issued, Democrats warned about "ghost guns" that can avoid detection and pose a deadly hazard.

A worker pumps his fists as he stands between the cutting blades of a massive tunneling machine after it broke through a five-foot wide concrete wall to complete boring for the State Route 99 highway, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, under Seattle. After tunneling more than 9,000 feet and building an outer tunnel wall as it moved forward, the boring machine finished digging what will be a two-mile, double-decker traffic tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way viaduct, damaged in an earthquake in 2001.

Tunnel Machine Ends Long, Troubled Journey

It's a milestone in a multibillion-dollar project to replace an aging highway.

In a ruling released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, a federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Microsoft that claims a law that prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data is unconstitutional.

Microsoft Suit Moves Ahead

The same judge who temporarily blocked President Trump's travel ban found the law violates Microsoft's right to speak to customers when private information is collected.

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Engineer Tryied to Sell Devices to China

He came to the U.S. to buy devices used in aircraft, satellites and missiles so he could sell them to China.