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Twenty-one cars of a freight train carrying oil and propane derailed in western Pennsylvania on Thursday morning during heavy snowfall, according to officials.The Norfolk Southern Corp. train jumped off the tracks in Vandergrift, Pa.
Their boss was caught snapping himself with other World leaders at Nelson Mandela’s funeral but White House officials were not amused when French journalists took selfies in the Oval Office, according to one reporter.
Downtown Leesburg, Va., becomes covered in snow.
Good morning, and happy, snowy Thursday. Here are six of the top stories we are following this morning at NBC News:1.
A gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky shook the ground and catapulted rocks high into the air early Thursday, officials said.The blast and ensuing fire in Adair County destroyed three houses, two barns and several cars, Kentucky Emergency Management director Greg Thomas said.
As the Northeast is hit by yet another winter storm, TODAY's Hoda Kotb isn't thrilled to be getting these out again.%3Cblockquote%20class=%22twitter-tweet%22%20lang=%22en%22%3E%3Cp%3EIs%20anyone%20else%20sick%20of%20their%20boots?%20%3Ca%20href=%22https://twitter.com/search?
They'll be digging out in Washington, D.C., this morning, where 8 inches of snow had fallen by 5 a.m. ET. Almost seven inches of the white stuff was reported in Baltimore, according to The Weather Channel.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale was recovering from heart surgery Thursday, about week after his wife of 58 years passed away.Mondale, 86, underwent an unspecified procedure at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., his family said in a brief statement that called the surgery "successful.
A perilous morning commute looms across the Northeast on Thursday as an intense winter storm sweeps through dumping up to 12 inches of snow in some areas.“The rate of snowfall will be hard to deal with,” said Kevin Roth, a forecaster with the The Wather Channel. “It will be a very rough commute.
TODAY meteorologist Dylan Dreyer may have predicted Thursday's snow -- but her first job of the morning was clearing it from her SUV while on assignment in King of Prussia, Pa.%3Cblockquote%20class=%22twitter-tweet%22%20lang=%22en%22%3E%3Cp%3EFirst%20task%20of%20the%20morning%20complete.
