Actress Angelina Jolie’s revelation this week that she’d had both breasts removed to lower her elevated risk of cancer came as a bombshell to many -- but not to three sisters from Berkeley Heights, N.J.The women -- Cathy Balsamo, Cindy Lepore and Patti Broccoli -- have spent most of the past year grappling with the very dilemma that Jolie faced: What to do when a genetic mutation means you’ve got ...

Sixty people were injured, five of them critically, and rail traffic from New York to Boston was shut down after a Metro-North commuter train derailed and plowed into a second train Friday in Fairfield, Conn., Gov. Dan Malloy said.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority official ...

There's been a groundswell of 17-year cicadas in Virginia and other southern states, as revealed by a fresh wave of photos and eyewitness reports. In some areas, the outbreak has been accompanied by the insects' loud chorus call. And that's music to the ears of University of Connecticut entomologist John Cooley."That's where I'm heading," Cooley told NBC News. The weather is still too cool in New ...

Two Metro-North commuter trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., authorities said, injuring 49 people, four of them seriously, and halting rail traffic from New York to Boston.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials told NBC News.NBC Connecticut: 49 injured in Metro-N...

Two Metro-North trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., authorities said, injuring 22 people, four of them seriously, and halting all rail traffic between New York and Boston.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials told NBC News.NBC Connecticut: Commuter train crash i...

Two Metro-North trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., transit authorities said, injuring 20 to 25 people and halting some rush-hour service on one of the nation's busiest commuter rail lines.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a high-level official of the Metropolitan Transit Authority told NBC News.NBC Conne...

Two Metro-North trains collided Friday near Bridgeport, Conn., transit authorities said, injuring at least four people and halting some rush-hour service.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a high-level official of the Metropolitan Transit Authority told NBC News.NBC Connecticut: Metro North trains collide in Conne...

A former attorney for O.J. Simpson took the stand Friday and said the former football player knew two companions would be armed with guns when they went to a Las Vegas hotel room to retrieve memorabilia that he claims was stolen from him.Simpson, 65, is serving nine to 33 years after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping for the 2007 confrontation. In seeking a new trial, Simpson's cl...

A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman — posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct within the branches — has been referred to U.S. Capitol Police for investigation. The threat was made last week against Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and her husband shortly after Speier sent a letter May 8 to Defense Secretary Chuck ...