Coal spills out of a train that derailed in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Chris Lowie/US Fish and Wildlife Service) At a Glance The train cars were carrying 3,600 pounds of fine, sand-like coal.The Great Dismal Swamp is home to endangered species, including red-cockaded woodpeckers.Experts say more information is needed to assess environmental damage. A coal train that derailed this week in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia could harm...

Democratic presidential candidates New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (L-R), Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), former housing secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and former Maryland congressman John Delaney take the stage for the first Democratic presidential primary debate for the 2020 election at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, June 26 in Miami. A field...

In this photo from 2016, Gabe Emerson stands in the cab of the monorail he bought from the Minnesota Zoo. (Gabe Emerson) At a Glance A Minnesota man bought the monorail for $1,000.He and some friends turned them into cabins for their personal use. Gabe Emerson was looking for something different to use as a cabin on a friend's property in rural western Wisconsin. Maybe an airplane fuselage, he thought, or an old jet. "But I couldn’t find anything like...