MINNEAPOLIS — Several Midwestern states were a soggy mess Thursday after up to 10 inches of rain fell in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa and triggered mudslides that caused one death.

Washed-out railroad tracks derailed a train in southwestern Vernon County, Wis., where a mudslide destroyed a house and killed the man inside. His name was not immediately released.

The rain mostly moved through the states Wednesday evening and early Thursday, though another round was in the forecast for northern Iowa on Thursday night. While much of the water began to recede or drain Thursday, its effects could be found throughout the area.

In southern Crawford County, Wis., two BNSF Railway locomotives and five cars derailed. The crew wasn't injured, but one of the fuel tanks ruptured, spilling about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel — some into the Mississippi River, the railroad said. BNSF crews placed booms downstream to capture the fuel.

Wisconsin emergency officials said 15 people who lived nearby were evacuated as a precaution.

In Minnesota, the northern suburbs in the Twin Cities area saw up to 10 inches of rain.

Seventy miles south in Waseca, which saw nearly 14 inches of rain over two days, basements were flooded across the community, and several residents were evacuated.

To the southwest, the city of Faribault declared a state of emergency as it worked to hold back the Cannon and Straight Rivers by stacking sandbags and building berms.

In northern Iowa, authorities evacuated about 100 people from two apartment complexes in Mason City after Chelsea Creek left its banks, Cerro Gordo County officials said.

Witnesses: Sacramento mayor hit with pie, tackles assailant

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man took a pie from a grocery bag, grabbed Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson from behind and smacked him in the face with the creamy dessert at a charity event, witnesses say, leading the former NBA star to start swinging and then tackle the man.

The alleged pie wielder, Sean Thompson, 32, was taken to the hospital with bruises and facial cuts that required stitches before he was arrested on assault charges.

Crystal Strait, Johnson's chief of staff, said Thompson shoved the pie in the mayor's face.

Erika Bjork, who saw the encounter up close, said Johnson swung multiple times, but she didn't see him land any punches.

Johnson then wrestled Thompson to the ground and mayoral staff and a police officer pinned him down, Bjork said. Strait said the mayor had minor scratches and bruising.

House approves bill prohibiting cash payments by U.S. to Iran

WASHINGTON — The House has approved legislation to prohibit the United States from making cash payments to Iran and require that Congress be notified in advance of any future claims settlements with Tehran.

The bill passed Thursday by a 254-163 vote.

Republicans are seeking to rebuke the Obama administration for paying Iran $1.7 billion in cash to settle a decades-old arbitration claim.

Iran received $400 million of the total the same day Tehran agreed to release four American prisoners.

GOP lawmakers decried the payments as ransom, a charge the White House has rejected. Republicans say Iran will use the money to finance terrorism.

The White House calls the bill ill-advised and has threatened to veto the measure.

French-American honored for helping thwart 2015 train attack

PARIS — President Francois Hollande has bestowed a Legion of Honor award on a French-American who was among passengers who stopped a gunman on a high-speed train in 2015, and was wounded after grabbing his assault rifle.

Mark Moogalian, 52, was honored on Thursday at the Elysee Palace. He was hospitalized when three Americans and a British man who overpowered Moroccan suspect, Ayoub El-Khazzani, were honored.

Moogalian grabbed an assault rifle from El-Khazzani and then was shot with a handgun.

Airman Spencer Stone, Army National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, their friend Anthony Sadler and Briton Chris Norman received the honor in August 2015. A Frenchman who asked to remain anonymous also was honored.

U.S. severs ties with accreditor for-profit colleges

WASHINGTON — The Education Department withdrew recognition of the nation's largest accreditor of for-profit colleges on Thursday, a decision that could force schools to close and threaten financial aid to hundreds of thousands of students.

The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools said it would appeal the decision to Education Secretary John King. In a statement, ACICS Interim President Roger Williams said the council would “continue diligent efforts to renew and strengthen its policies and practices” to meet the department's criteria.

The accrediting agency has been accused of lax oversight of its schools, which included those of the defunct Corinthian Colleges and the recently shuttered ITT Technical Institute. The department made the announcement on its website.

FBI: Bomb suspect still too injured

to question

LINDEN, N.J. — Investigators haven't been able to question a man charged with setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey because he's too severely injured from his shootout with police, a law enforcement official said Thursday as the man's father said he'd warned federal authorities about the man's interest in jihadist material.

Ahmad Khan Rahami remained hospitalized after his gun battle with police officers Monday, and it was unclear when he might be taken to court to face federal terrorism charges in the blasts, which injured 31 people Saturday. A public defender has sought a court appearance for Rahami so he can hear the charges.

Rahami, an Afghan-born U.S. citizen, has been unconscious and intubated for much of the time since undergoing surgery, said , an FBI spokesman.

Power outage: Most Puerto Ricans faced another night of darkness Thursday as crews slowly restored electricity a day after a fire at a power plant caused the utility grid to fail and blacked out the entire island of 3.5 million people. Only about 20 percent of the 1.5 million homes and businesses had power back by afternoon.

Wells Fargo CEO: Wells Fargo's embattled CEO John Stumpf is resigning his position on the Federal Reserve's advisory council in the San Francisco region amid a scandal over millions of accounts allegedly opened by the bank without customers' permission.

A spokeswoman said the move was a “personal decision” by Stumpf.