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  • DerailmentPolitics

    The feds are warning railroads that their love of long trains is leading to horrible accidents and derailments—but they’re not doing anything about it yet

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The crew on a Union Pacific freight train works at a siding area on Jan. 24, 2020, south of Tucson, Ariz. Rail unions want railroads to take some of the billions they’re using every year to buy back their stock and use it to improve safety in the wake of several high-profile derailments and hire more workers. (AP Photo/David Boe, File)Finance

    Rail unions tell railroads to buy back less stock and invest more money in safety after string of derailments

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Meat processingFinance

    Biden to Big Meat: Please try not to use child labor

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Warren BuffettSuccess

    Warren Buffett won’t say whether the Fed should hike rates and insists he tunes out macro when investing: ‘We haven’t changed our course in 58 years’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • TRUCKEE, CA – MARCH 03: A Union Pacific train equipped with a snow plow rests in Truckee, California on March 03, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson for the Washington Post)Success

    Union Pacific spies on workers who take medical leave and then fires those who leaves the house, lawsuit says

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Olivia Holley, 22, and Taylor Gulish, 22, collect water samples from Leslie Run creek on February 25, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.Politics

    Norfolk Southern CEO to tell Congress he’s ‘deeply sorry’ for the Ohio train derailment disaster: ‘I am determined to make it right’

    By Josh Funk, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Train derailmentEnvironment

    The railroad industry’s plan to fix derailments: Sensors that work

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Bill Lackey/Springfield-News Sun via AP)Environment

    After fiery crash, conductor’s death, other derailments feds open special probe into Norfolk Southern

    By Josh Funk, John Seewer, and others
  • East Palestine residentsEnvironment

    ‘It’s not safe here’: Terrified Ohioans beg Norfolk Southern to pay for relocation because they’re afraid of their homes

    By Josh Funk, John Seewer, and others
  • Sherrod BrownPolitics

    Toxic crash prompts Ohio senators to cross party lines with bill to ‘finally hold big railroad companies accountable’

    By Julie Carr Smyth, Josh Funk, and others
  • Lance Fritz, chief executive officer of Union PacificFinance

    Lance Fritz out as CEO of Union Pacific: Public letter from hedge fund said the railroad ‘lagged behind rivals’ under his watch

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Pete ButtigiegPolitics

    Buttigieg blames Congress for railroad safety issues: ‘Untie our hands here’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Toxic Ohio train crashEnvironment

    ‘This is a big, big deal’: Ohio’s governor is shocked at the toxic train derailment that forced a town to evacuate

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Freight Trains Ahead of a Potential Nationwide Rail Worker StrikeFinance

    CSX railroad workers will finally get the benefit that most U.S. employees take for granted

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Lina Khan, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Khan’s selection for the FTC indicate that Biden is prepared to pursue a more interventionist antitrust agenda in which officials are quicker to challenge mergers and the market power of dominant companies. Photographer: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPersonal Finance

    Americans are furious at the price of eggs skyrocketing by 137% and urging the FTC to investigate potential price gouging

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press