Economy Apr 11 Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring 2-person crews on trains Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances. The identical challenges were filed this week in appellate courts across the country.
Economy Apr 02 Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule 2 years in the making The Transportation Department's Federal Railroad Administration released the details of the rule two years in the making on Tuesday. It comes amid an intense focus on railroad safety following a fiery February 2023 derailment in Ohio.
Economy Mar 07 Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of eastern Ohio train derailment, judge says The decision that was issued Wednesday threw out the railroad's claim that the companies that made the chemicals that spilled during the derailment and those that owned the rail cars involved should share the cost of the cleanup.
Nation Feb 02 A year after a train derailment in Ohio spilled hazardous chemicals, health fears persist for East Palestine Daily life largely returned to normal for the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and spilled a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that caught fire a year ago. But residents' worries and fears…
Nation Jan 05 Iowa principal critically injured in school shooting risked himself to protect students, police say State authorities said Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger and other staffers and students were wounded in the Thursday morning shooting, that left one sixth-grade student dead.
Politics Sep 21 Biden says Norfolk Southern must be held accountable for Ohio train derailment but won't declare disaster President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to continue holding Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in eastern Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee East Palestine's recovery, but he stopped short of declaring a disaster.
Politics Aug 31 Kansas officials are no longer required to change transgender people's birth certificates, judge says A U.S. district judge on Thursday approved a request from Republican state Attorney General Kris Kobach to block birth certificate changes because of a new state law defining male and female as the sex assigned at birth.
Nation Aug 30 Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper's office One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.
Economy Aug 09 Norfolk Southern content with minimum safety too often, regulators say after Ohio train derailment Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still falls well short of being the "gold standard for safety" it is striving to be. Instead, the railroad is too often only willing to meet minimum…
Nation Jun 22 Hearing examines key choices made in days after fiery Ohio train derailment Thursday's proceedings are focused on the emergency response to the derailment and the decision to release the toxic vinyl chloride from five tank cars and burn it to keep them from exploding.