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Research projects look at the health of humans and dogs in East Palestine, 3 years after a train derailment
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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This story was originally published on Jan. 28, 2026 by the Allegheny Front. February 3, 2026, marks three years since a massive train derailment and chemical burn in East Palestine,… Read More
The roots of Ohio’s volunteer firefighting crisis go back centuries
By: Abbey Marshall | Ideastream Public Media
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream Public Media) — Three years ago, a fiery derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials upended life in the quiet rural town of East Palestine. The… Read More
Lawmakers want safety rules to apply to more trains carrying flammable cargo
By: Daranee Balachandar | Lizzy Alspach | Cat Murphy | Aidan Hughes | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland | AP
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WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of flammable cargo derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100… Read More
Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills
By: Liam Bowman | Taylor Nichols | Mary Burke | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments… Read More
A jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in the 2023 East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million… Read More
An appeal delays the $600 million class action settlement payments in the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600… 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
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
The NTSB testifies that train cars didn’t need to be blown open to release chemicals after the derailment in East Palestine
By: Josh Funk | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified,… 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
Biden will visit East Palestine a year after the community was devastated by a train derailment
By: Darlene Superville | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit East Palestine, the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023 that displaced thousands of residents… 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