US Congress rejects NSA collection of phone records – vote to reform spy agency

The US House of Representatives vote to ban a mass collection of American Phone Records. This is due to the fact that they vote in favor of the USA Freedom Act.

The House of Representatives were out to reform the National Security Agency program .

Two years after NSA revealed the “bulk collection” program, the votes were in favor of the USA Freedom Act. The House of Representatives voted 338 – 88 in favor of the act.

This marks the second time that the House voted for a different system.

Reformers are more confident in convincing the Senate to support the Freedom Act.

The Judiciary Chair, Bob Goodlatte, said, “America’s liberty and America’s security can coexist”.

Philadelphia train derails, killing at least 5 and injuring many

An Amtrak train in Philadelphia carrying 243 people derailed on Tuesday. The accident killed at least 5 people and injured dozens more.

The train was on rout from New York to Washington and derailed around 9:30 pm. 49 people were taken to nearby hospitals – 6 of which were in critical conditions.

The cause of the crash is not known.

Firefighters and rescue workers went from car to car helping passengers off the train as the toll of injured and deceased increased.

The location of the crash

Philadelphia’s mayor, Michael Nutter, said, “It is an absolute disastrous mess, I have never seen anything like this in my life.”