Politics Mar 22 WATCH: Norfolk Southern CEO testifies on East Palestine derailment at Senate hearing A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
Economy Mar 21 Norfolk Southern CEO offers support for new regulations after Ohio train disaster CEO Alan Shaw is under pressure from senators and federal safety regulators to step up his commitment to safety regulations as he appears before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.
Politics Mar 09 WATCH: Norfolk Southern CEO apologizes before Senate for Ohio train derailment Norfolk Southern's CEO is apologizing to Congress and pledging millions of dollars to help East Palestine, Ohio, recover from last month's fiery train derailment.
Politics Jan 31 David Durenberger, former Republican senator who embraced progressive politics, dies at 88 Durenberger, an attorney and former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, won a U.S. Senate seat in 1978. He served three terms and championed health care reform.
Nation Dec 13 Winter storm brings tornado, blizzard threats for Midwest, southern states An area stretching from Montana into western Nebraska and Colorado was under blizzard warnings. Ice and sleet were expected in the eastern Great Plains.
Nation Dec 12 Millions in central U.S. brace for massive winter storm A massive winter storm blowing toward the center of the United States on Monday is threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding.
Nation Dec 09 Former police officer who who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year sentence The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues kneeled on the Black man's neck has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
Nation Nov 25 Colorado Springs reckons with past after Club Q shooting Though the suspect facing possible murder and hate crime charges is not from Colorado Springs, the targeting of LGBTQ people has reminded some of the 1990s, when the city was known as an epicenter of religion-infused, family-values conservatism unfriendly to…
Nation Nov 19 Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter amid tumultuous changes Amid the slew of changes at one of the world's most influential social media platforms, the public information officers who operate government Twitter accounts are cautiously waiting out the turmoil and urging the public to verify that it really is…
Politics Sep 21 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sued over release of travel expense records South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing a lawsuit after her office refused to release expense records on five out-of-state trips this year to a liberal watchdog group.