LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A Metrolink train conductor who survived a September train crash near Los Angeles says the commuter train had a green light before the crash, his lawyers said.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Three witnesses say a commuter train had a green light as it headed toward a fatal collision with a freight train last month, the Los Angeles Times reports.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Teen rail enthusiasts are using the Internet to express grief for the Los Angeles Metrolink engineer who befriended them and died in a deadly train wreck.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Investigators will subpoena cell-phone records of the commuter train engineer in Friday's fatal collision with a freight train near Los Angeles, officials said.

THE OLD COLLEGE TRY A nationwide poll by the University of California at Los Angeles indicates more college freshmen describe themselves as politically liberal than at any time since the Vietnam War.

CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS Cardiac health specialists at a forum Wednesday were divided on whether advanced heart-saving equipment should be available for ordinary citizens to use at home.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- An attorney said he believes a Florida law will help overturn a decision to deny a woman a driver's license because she refused to remove her Islamic veil for the identification picture.