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Train derailment

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)

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

By Josh Funk, John Seewer, and others

East Palestine residents

‘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 Brown

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 Pacific

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 Buttigieg

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

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Toxic Ohio train crash

‘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 Strike

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 Images

Personal 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

LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 08: A customer purchases eggs at a supermarket on January 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by I RYU/VCG via Getty Images)

Making an omelette is a lot more expensive these days. Egg prices are soaring—even more than for most other foods

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett breaks local politics vow to say not in my backyard to $306 million Omaha streetcar project

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

A remediation company deploys a boom on the surface of an oil spill after a Keystone pipeline ruptured at Mill Creek in Washington County, Kansas, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Vacuum trucks, booms and an emergency dam were constructed on the creek to intercept the spill. (Kyle Bauer/KCLY/KFRM Radio via AP)

Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. shut after Kansas spill

By John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth, and others

Butchers cutting beef in slaughterhouse, wearing hygienic masks - stock photo

A judge just ordered a major slaughterhouse cleaning company busted for using at least 50 underage workers to stop hiring minors

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

A farmer kneeling in front of a tractor

Black farmers are suing the government over what they say are broken promises of federal aid: ‘They gave us their word’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Fuel containers at a rail terminal in Richmond, California

Sick pay for rail workers gets investor backing: ‘In this day and age, this really boggles the mind why a company would not provide that’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press