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A trial will determine who pays the $600 million settlement from the disastrous East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border… Read More
A judge has approved the $600 million settlement for residents near the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of… Read More
EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year’s East Palestine train derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since a Norfolk Southern train derailed and officials released and burned chemicals that spewed a toxic cloud… Read More
Norfolk Southern fires CEO Alan Shaw for an inappropriate relationship with an employee
By: Josh Funk | AP
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ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern said Wednesday it has fired CEO Alan Shaw for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. His ouster comes after two difficult years in the top job and… Read More
Fewer than 400 households reject $600 million East Palestine train derailment settlement
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents’ reservations about whether the deal… Read More
Norfolk Southern railroad says its CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for alleged ethical lapses
By: Josh Funk | AP
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ATLANTA (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw is under investigation for potential ethical lapses, the railroad confirmed Monday. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based railroad that is one of North America’s… Read More
Federal judge denies a motion to extend East Palestine class action settlement deadline
By: Abigail Bottar | Ideastream Public Media | Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream/AP) — A request from some East Palestine residents to extend the amount of time they have to opt in to the $600 million class action settlement has… Read More
Freight railroads ask courts to throw out new rule requiring two-person crews on trains
By: Josh Funk | AP
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Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances, saying the mandate is arbitrary, capricious and an… Read More
The NTSB will release a cause for the fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine at its June hearing
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June. The… Read More
Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in… Read More
The EPA begins a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in an Ohio train derailment
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery… Read More
Norfolk Southern will end relocation aid right after the one-year anniversary of its fiery Ohio derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash…. Read More
An Ohio business owner sues Norfolk Southern for the February derailment that closed his companies
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A business owner with companies near where a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in February has sued the railroad for $500 million,… Read More
Biden says Norfolk Southern must be held accountable for East Palestine derailment but won’t declare a disaster
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to continue holding Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee the recovery in East Palestine, but he… Read More
Norfolk Southern announces the details of a plan to pay for lost home values after East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern announced new details Monday about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the fiery derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town… Read More
Ohio town searches for answers months after toxic train derailment
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In February, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the Ohio village of East Palestine, leading officials to burn the toxic freight to avoid… Read More
The EPA weighs a formal review of vinyl chloride, the toxic chemical that burned in the East Palestine train derailment
By: Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic… Read More
Norfolk Southern says the cost of a fiery Ohio derailment doubles to $803 million as cleanup continues
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The costs associated with the Norfolk Southern fiery February derailment in Ohio have more than doubled to $803 million as the railroad works to clean up the… Read More
Federal regulators promise a safety review at all the major freight railroads
By: Josh Funk | AP
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration recently completed a review of Norfolk Southern’s safety culture in the wake of the February’s fiery derailment in Ohio, and officials plan to follow… Read More
East Palestine families living in limbo months after fires
By: Tammy Webber | Associated Press
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator… Read More
Norfolk Southern’s CEO takes questions from Ohio Senators about the toxic East Palestine derailment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, which has seen five trains derail in Ohio since October was at the Statehouse Tuesday. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan… Read More
Norfolk Southern’s CEO set to testify in the Ohio Senate about East Palestine train derailment
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous… Read More
The Justice Department adds to suits against Norfolk Southern over the Ohio derailment
By: Juliana Kim | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the major train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. The suit, filed Thursday… Read More
Norfolk Southern won’t push for one-person train crews
By: John Seewer | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Railroad Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person, the company said Thursday in a joint announcement with the… Read More
Bipartisan support emerges for the Senate’s railroad safety bill
By: Stephen R. Groves | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroad safety emerged Wednesday as senators heard fresh testimony on the fiery hazardous train derailment last… Read More