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A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province on Thursday, killing 74 people, and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop amid contradictory reports about the condition of the train’s brakes. Three carriages were consumed by flames from a fire caused by a cooking gas stove and dozens of people...

Carlo Ponti is in the California Live studio to talk about founding the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra. The orchestra gives 100 percent of it’s profits from concerts back to music education. As seen on California Live on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.

Actress Sally Field and the long-running children’s TV show “Sesame Street” are in the latest class of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Others chosen to receive the award for lifetime achievement in the arts include singer Linda Ronstadt, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the musical group Earth, Wind and Fire.

A railroad engineer was in the middle of his overnight shift when he spotted twin 9-month-old babies alone near the tracks in Worcester, Massachusetts. Police responded around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday after the baby boys were found in the area of the railroad tracks near Cambridge Street and Kansas Street.

Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the “poor little rich girl” of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and ’80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95. Vanderbilt was the great-great-granddaughter of financier Cornelius Vanderbilt and the mother of...

Police are searching for a man they say threw urine at female transit workers in two separate incidents.

A man who forced his way onto an idled Metrolink train in Fullerton before lunging at a conductor who tried to get him off was arrested following negotiations with police.

For Kimberly Osberg, a rising Dallas-based composer, a hiking misadventure became inspiration for “Rocky Summer,” the world premiere piece the Dallas Chamber Symphony will perform on March 23 at the Moody Performance Hall.

A woman refusing to take her handbag off a seat on a crowded train has sparked outrage among fellow New Jersey Transit riders.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring conductor Gustavo Dudamel will be unveiled Tuesday in connection with his 10th year as music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the celebration of the philharmonic’s centennial.

A world famous conductor is donating his time to help students at Arcadia High School. Michelle Valles reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2019.

Along with being the son of late film producer Carlo Ponti Sr. and actress Sophia Loren, Carlo Ponti is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra. Famous family aside, the world-renowned conductor is connecting with students in Southern California and embracing the role of teacher.

A dangerously close call with a Metra train was caught on camera. The dashcam video shows a suburban police officer swerving at the last second to avoid being hit after the crossing gates failed to come down in time.The question is why? NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the details.

A donkey and an emu who bonded with each other can stay together, thanks to actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays the villainous Negan on the TV zombie thriller “The Walking Dead” and will keep the pair on his New York farm.

A couple got onto a subway train at the start of the evening rush Friday, set up a tent, crawled inside and brazenly began smoking drugs to the shock and disgust of other passengers in the train car, one of whom related the event to News 4 New York over Twitter.

Plans to hold a high-stakes hearing next week with testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, teetered with uncertainty Sunday as a Senate panel scrambled to resolve potentially make-or-break details, such as potential witnesses who could corroborate her decades-old sexual assault claim. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said lawyers for Ford...

A man who was mocked online after he was recorded shaving at his seat on a commuter train headed out of New York City said he was just trying to clean up after days spent in a homeless shelter.

We rank the Los Angeles Dodgers nicknames for Player’s Weekend on August 24-26 against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.

A Caltrain rider Tuesday was caught on cellphone video berating an Asian conductor who asked him for his ticket.

When actress Scarlett Johansson reversed course recently and canceled plans to play a transgender man in the film “Rub & Tug,” transgender actors like Scott Turner Schofield were gratified — and pleasantly surprised.