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Authorities say 4 people are dead after a train collided with a pickup in rural Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four people are dead after the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a train in rural Idaho Saturday, authorities said. Idaho State Police said the pickup was carrying a 38-year-old man, 36-year-old woman and two children, who were all from Nampa. The...
Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement
The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad's disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn't enough. They said Wednesday that the settlement for everyone within 20 miles (32...
Norfolk Southern agrees to $600M settlement in fiery Ohio derailment. Locals fear it’s not enough
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement for a fiery February 2023 train derailment in Ohio, but residents worry the money not only won’t go far enough to cover future health needs that could be tremendous but also won't amount to much once divvied up....
BlackBerry, Alkermes rise; Neogen, Tilray Brands fall, Tuesday, 4/9/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: Norfolk Southern Corp., up $3.13 to $253.39. The railroad agreed to pay $600 million to settle claims related to a fiery train derailment in 2023 in eastern Ohio. ...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
North Platte Telegraph. April 6, 2024. Editorial: Rail, public safety win with FRA 2-person rule After state Sen. Mike Jacobson’s bill on requiring two-person train crews stalled in February, we echoed his “don’t hold your breath” skepticism that Washington...
Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett's railroad to court
LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town...
A tractor-trailer hit a train and derailed cars. The driver was injured and his dog died
MASARDIS, Maine (AP) — A tractor-trailer in Maine crashed into a freight train, causing two cars to derail and injuring the truck's driver and his dog, which had to be put down. The crash happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on Route 11 in Masardis in northern Maine, about...
Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and dozens of workers at quarries stranded. Taiwan is no stranger to powerful...
AP Exclusive: EPA didn't declare a public health emergency after fiery Ohio derailment
The aftermath of last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn't qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven't been documented, federal officials said. The Environmental Protection Agency never approved that...
Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule first proposed under Obama
Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized Tuesday in a milestone in organized labor’s long fight to preserve the practice. The Transportation Department's Federal Railroad Administration released the...
