News Wrap: Train derails and spills molten sulfur in eastern Kentucky town

Nick Schifrin:

In the day's other headlines, the fire is out in a small Eastern Kentucky town, and, today, residents are returning home after a CSX train wreck derailed Thanksgiving there.

The train caught fire and spilled molten sulfur on Wednesday. Officials urged the roughly 200 people in Livingston to leave while they tested for sulfur dioxide, which can cause breathing problems. Some of the evacuees sheltered in a school. CSX said it would reimburse them, including with a Thanksgiving dinner.

Police in Niagara Falls, New York, spent this day investigating Wednesday's explosion at a border crossing with Canada. In this slowed-down security camera footage, a speeding car vaults into the air at the Rainbow Bridge. A witness captured the fiery aftermath. The couple in the car were killed. Three other border crossings closed briefly as a precaution, but federal investigators have ruled out terrorism.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is denying that he sexually assaulted a woman in 1993 when he worked for the police department. A civil summons filed Wednesday in state court asked for a trial and $5 million in damages. The mayor responded today.

Eric Adams, Mayor of New York: My career speaks for itself and just really something absolutely that has never happened. And I don't even recall ever meeting the person who made the — this allegation. But I have a city to run. And I'm focused. And I have to make sure that we continue to do so.

Nick Schifrin:

The court filing says the plaintiff also worked for the city at the time of the alleged assault, but gives no other details.

Police raids in Germany today targeted members and supporters of Hamas. In Berlin, officers wearing face masks removed bags and large containers from apartments. Germany bans even public statements supporting Hamas. The interior minister said Islamists and antisemites must not feel safe.

Nancy Faeser, German Interior Minister (through interpreter):

Those who want to be a part of our society cannot at the same time question Israel's right to existence. We will continue to fight the battle against antisemitism with full force and determination, especially where it shows itself as Islamists ready to use violence.

Nick Schifrin:

Germany's crackdown began earlier this month. Officials estimate there are about 450 Hamas members across the country helping finance the group from abroad.

In Nepal, protesters came out in the tens of thousands today demanding the monarchy be restored. Riot police stood face-to-face with demonstrators blocking them from downtown Katmandu. Some in the crowd threw stones, and officers beat them with bamboo batons and fired tear gas. Nepal's monarchy was abolished in 2008 after protests forced an end to the king's authoritarian rule.

There's word that former President Trump will visit Argentina to meet with the country's new president-elect. Javier Milei's office says the two men made the plans in a phone call last night, but gave no date. The libertarian populist is often compared to Mr. Trump.

And back at home, Americans celebrated this Thanksgiving with all the usual trimmings, feasts, football, flashy parades. Tom Turkey helmed the annual Macy's Parade in New York, known for its inflatable characters. This year, they included Baby Yoda of Star Wars floating among Manhattan skyscrapers.

And in Philadelphia, revelers gathered for the nation's original Thanksgiving Day Parade that dates to 1920.