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Emergency personnel help a passenger at the scene of a train wreck, Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in Philadelphia. An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and crashed in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)

Investigators: Train in deadly wreck was speeding 106 mph

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

Emergency personnel work the scene of an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Amtrak train from D.C. derails in Philadelphia; 7 dead, dozens injured

By Victor Morton and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A patient walks down a hallway at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C., on March 11, 2015. The VA hospital is one of the most backed-up facilities in the country. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House panel hears of lost benefits, fortune-telling in VA

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House panel to hear of whistleblower retaliation within VA

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., conveys a message he reads from his mobile phone to witness, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2015. Miller on March 16, accused the inspector general and other officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs of withholding reports from his panel, despite pledges to be transparent. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Jeff Miller, House chairman, blasts VA relocation payments as ‘scheme’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

VA book-cooking employees going unpunished

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' Denard Span celebrates after scoring off a double by Ian Desmond during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Denard Span’s return is a step toward normalcy for the Nationals

By Tom Schad - The Washington Times

Tim Tebow will sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. (Associated Press)

Tim Tebow to sign with Philadelphia Eagles: reports

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President Barack Obama speaks next to new VA Secretary Robert McDonald during a meeting on veterans issues at the Phoenix VA Medical Center on March 13, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama promises benefits for wounded veterans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald fired back at Congress for punishing the scandal-ridden agency by cutting the president's proposed funding. In remarks to the American Legion's annual convention, he accused lawmakers of using the VA to score political points, making it a place where "the needs of veterans are secondary to ideology." (Associated Press)

VA memo ordered false health care claims to cover up backlog

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) looks up at the scoreboard near the end of the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic, Monday, April 13, 2015, in Miami. Miami won 100-93. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)

SNYDER: Teams missing out on NBA playoffs aren’t really missing anything

By Deron Snyder - The Washington Times

The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Watchdog finds more delays for veterans in Philadelphia VA office

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper is called for a third strike during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, April 10, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Phillies won 4-1. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Washington Nationals fall to 1-3

By Aaron Bracy - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper is called for a third strike during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, April 10, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Phillies won 4-1. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Gio Gonzalez struggles in seventh inning as Nationals lose to Phillies

By Aaron Bracy - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers Robert Covington (33) gets fouled by Washington Wizards' Kris Humphries during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Steven M. Falk) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT

Bradley Beal scores 21 points as Wizards defeat 76ers

By Dave Zeitlin - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 2, 2015 courtroom sketch, defendants Noelle Velentzas, left and Asia Siddiqui, appear at federal court in New York on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type terror attack. According to prosecutors, the pair weren’t interested in taking on the subservient role of going overseas to marry the militant group fighters, but sought to &quot;make history&quot; on their own by building a bomb and attacking a domestic target. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg, File)

Terror cases allege women wanted to fight, not wed fighters

By TOM HAYS and JAKE PEARSON - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2015, to board Marine One on the South Lawn for a short trip to Andrews Air Force base Md., before traveling to Lawson State Community College in Birmingham to speak about the economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Pope Francis to visit White House Sept. 23

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Philadelphia VA facing inquiry of its management

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2010 file photo, former Philadelphia Eagles football player Chuck Bednarik wears his number 60 jersey as he participates in a ceremony commemorating the 1960 championship in Philadelphia, during halftime of an NFL football game between the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers. Bednarik, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the last great two-way NFL players, has died. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chuck Bednarik, one of the last great two-way NFL players, dies at 89

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