you of the fire raging in the wake of a reported explosion at an apartment building in minneapolis. fire officials say multiple people have been taken to local hospitals with injuries. we don t know yet the extent of the injuries. we know they ve been taken to the minnesota medical center and the county medical center. investigators are due to visit the site in the fiery train derailment. and residents heading home after fleeing the potentially dangerous smoke. it shows this train splaming into a car from another train that had derailed. they re looking for tracks from the derailment. and the state has filed an emergency appeal calling for the court to immediately block a federal ruling that allows same-sex couples to be legally
supreme court and they want a decision fast, the state has filed an emergency appeal calling for the court to immediately block a federal ruling that awe loss same-sex couples to be legally married in the state. hundreds have already done so since the judge struck down the ban less than two weeks ago, supporters of gay marriage have until friday to respond to the state s appeal and it has been a year of reflection and refocus for the world s catholics as a new pope delivers a message of simplicity and fittingly it was a theme that echoed through his new year s day mass at the vatican. listen to his message of the faithful as he steers the church into a new year. translator: there is no more meaningful time than the beginning of the new year to hear these words of blessing, they will accompany our journey through the year opening up before us, they are words of strength, courage and hope, not based on frail human promises or a naive hope which presumes the