1 Amtrak derailment: The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year. A judge on Wednesday told prosecutors that she will review Brandon Bostian’s case, and she set a hearing for February where prosecutors may have the chance to argue that the engineer should be held criminally accountable for the derailment. A different judge in September threw out involuntary manslaughter and other charges after finding evidence pointed to an accident. Eight people died and more than 200 people were injured when the train rounded a curve at more than twice the speed limit and derailed.
