| |  | | A tragic day for Hoboken, N.J., after train crash | | More than 100 people injured. At least one person dead. Hoboken, N.J., commuters were stunned Thursday after a commuter train plowed into a rail station during morning rush hour. The crash occurred about 8:30 a.m, and the train had about 250 passengers and crew at the time. "The train came into the station at a high rate of speed and crashed through all the barriers," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. Pictures show how chaotic the scene was. The accident could rekindle debate over the urgency of installing automatic braking on trains. Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators will "absolutely" check whether the lack of automatic braking might have been a factor in the crash. | | Wake (Wells Fargo) up when September ends | | Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf is having a rough month. After revelations showed the company had created sham accounts to reach company goals, Stumpf agreed to forfeit $41 million of unvested stock awards and his salary. California will suspend several key banking relationships with Wells Fargo to sanction the firm following allegations of "fleecing its customers." After an appearance last week before the Senate committee on banking, Stumpf was summoned to testify again. This time the House Financial Services Committee grilled him Thursday for four hours. Lawmakers on the panel said he should resign, Wells Fargo is too big, and criminal charges should be examined. Let's hope no other banks followed Wells Fargo's mistake. | | | | Plot thickens in story of man rescued at sea | | When Nathan Carman, 22, was plucked from a life raft Sunday 100 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, he seemed to be the lucky survivor of a tragic mishap. Since then, the saga has turned rather mysterious. Carman said he had been adrift a week after his boat sank during a fishing trip with his mother, Linda Carman, who apparently drowned. Then on Wednesday, The Hartford Courant reported that Carman was once a suspect in the unsolved 2013 fatal shooting of his grandfather, John Chakalos. Carman was the last person known to have seen Chakalos alive and had bought a rifle consistent with the one used in the crime, the Associated Press reported. Chakalos left more than $42 million to his four daughters, including Linda Carman. Nathan Carman was never charged. He told the AP that all the suspicions are making it hard to grieve. "I don't know what to make of people being suspicious, I have enough to deal with," he said. | | The far-reaching impact of police violence against African Americans | | Alfred Okwera Olango, the unarmed black man fatally shot by police in El Eajon, Calif., pointed a vape smoking device at officers before he was killed, police said. He was shot after police received a call of a man behaving erratically and walking in traffic. Olango, 38, may have suffered from mental challenges. Tensions in the Southern California community erupted after initial reports of the shooting. Reminder: This is the third police-involved shooting of a black man in the past two weeks that grabbed national attention. See Tulsa and Charlotte . Meanwhile, a new study released Thursday, shows that after high-profile cases of police violence against African Americans, calls to the police and 911 fell in black neighborhoods the following year. In Milwaukee, the beating of Frank Jude Jr. by off-duty police in 2004, led residents in black neighborhoods far less likely to call 911 in 2005. The city also experienced an increase in homicides, suggesting there may be a connection. | | 'It's annoying that the holiday shopping season has gotten earlier.' | | We get it. Every year you say you'll get your holiday shopping done early but then something comes up. You're still shopping until the last moment. But this year, you actually did it. It's not even October, but at least 1 million people have already finished their holiday shopping , and 34 million shoppers are ringing up holiday bargains. Amazing. Who are these early-bird, superhuman shoppers? They tend to be older, wealthier, college-educated and female. It's still not too late to get started on shopping. After you're done congratulating yourself, sit back, relax and enjoy the holiday displays. | | Extra Bites | | Did the smartphone kill the camera? | | Zayn Malik hates the word 'celebrity.' | | Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson unite, and it feels so good. | | Want the Short List delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up! | | This is a compilation of stories across USA TODAY. | |
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