In the Nation

NORTH DAKOTA

Derailment sparks fire

Authorities are urging residents of Casselton to evacuate after a train carrying crude oil derailed outside of town.

The Cass County Sheriff's Office said Monday night it is "strongly recommending" that people in the town of 2,400 or five miles to the south and east leave. Shelters have been set up in Fargo, about 25 miles away.

The mile-long BNSF Railway Co. train left the tracks about 2:30 p.m. Monday, and as many as 10 cars caught fire. No one was hurt.

- AP
MASSACHUSETTS

3d worker fired

A third state social services employee has been fired in the case of Jeremiah Oliver, 5, who is feared dead. He disappeared in September, but police didn't learn that until this month. His mother and her boyfriend have been arrested. - AP
FLORIDA

Flight to Cuba

The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years landed in Havana on Monday, more than two years after U.S. Customs and Border Protection gave the city a green light. Key West Airport's chief said no future commercial flights are scheduled. - AP