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FILE – A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Feb. 6, 2023. People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of the $600 million class-action settlement. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Ohio residents hurt in Norfolk Southern freight train derailment can now get $25,000 each from $600 million settlement

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Train conductor waving on platform

Government says three-quarters of Amtrak trains are late because of one rail company’s repeated lawbreaking

By Josh Funk, The Associated Press, and others

FILE – This image taken with a drone shows the continuing cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train on Feb. 9, 2023, that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Amit Bose, the head of the Federal Railroad Administration, plans to testify at a House hearing Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that railroad safety has stagnated over the last decade and more needs to be done. But it’s not clear if Republicans will support any rail safety reforms even after the disastrous East Palestine derailment that prompted the hearing. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Hearing into disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio puts focus on rushed inspections due to years of job cuts

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An air-monitoring system near railroad tracks in East Palestine, Ohio

Inaccurate heat detectors, weak tanker walls, and a decision to needlessly blow open 5 chemical cars: NTSB hearing showcases what went wrong at Ohio derailment

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks during a board meeting concerning the February 3, 2023, train derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern tried to interfere with derailment probe after botching decision to blow open 5 tank cars and burn the chemicals inside

By Josh Funk, Tom Krisher, and others

FILE – A view of the scene Feb. 24, 2023, as cleanup continues at the site of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3, in East Palestine, Ohio. The goal of a new federal rule finalized Monday, June 24, 2024 is ensuring first responders can find out what hazardous chemicals are on a train almost immediately after a derailment, so they can respond appropriately. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, File)

After fiery 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment left firefighters in dark about chemicals on the train, railroads must now immediately offer hazardous cargo details

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Dan McLean, shown Wednesday, March 6, 2024, points to where Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon dioxide pipeline would cross his land near Menoken, N.D. The project has drawn opposition from numerous Midwestern landowners, including McLean. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Airlines and agriculture groups dream of ethanol-fueled jets, but moving the corn-based fuel? Farmers say NIMBY to ‘big, poisonous pipe’

By Jack Dura, Josh Funk, and others

Railroad tracks in East Palestine, Ohio

EPA urged to test soil near the site of toxic Ohio train derailment after high levels of chemicals found in local garlic

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Jennifer Homendy

IRS to refund taxes extracted from Ohioans who got financial assistance after Norfolk Southern derailment disaster

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency forensic anthropologist Carrie Brown looks at objects in a lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Bellevue, Neb. Generations of American families have grown up without ever knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who served in the military. But a lab tucked away above the bowling alley on Offutt Air Force Base in the Omaha suburbs and a sister lab in Hawaii that are part of the federal DPAA are steadily answering those lingering questions and offering about 200 families a year the chance to honor their relatives with a proper burial. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Military labs identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II as Memorial Day and 80th anniversary of D-Day underscore urgency

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

row of cows eating

Bird flu has been found in beef for the first time, but USDA says it didn’t enter the food supply

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

EPA contractors walk back to their cars with collected soil samples from the derailment site

Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of Ohio derailment settlement—but some residents feel it’s not enough: ‘Slaps on the wrist. I can never go back to my home again’

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

North Market Street in East Palestine

Norfolk Southern’s $600 million derailment settlement signed off, but Ohio town residents are still in the dark about how much they’ll get

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

Union Pacific dispatchers keep track of trains moving across the western United States from inside the railroad’s high-tech Harriman Dispatch Center, in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15, 2023. The Federal Railroad Administration finalized new rules Monday, May 20, 2024, setting training standards for dispatchers and signal repairmen. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

New training rules for train dispatchers and signal repairmen aim to improve rail safety after disastrous East Palestine derailment

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An Alaska Airlines taxis at Boeing 737 MAX 9

Fallout from Alaska Airlines blowout continues as key Boeing supplier lays off 450 workers because 737 Max production has slowed so much

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press