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  • 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)Politics

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

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • An air-monitoring system near railroad tracks in East Palestine, OhioEnvironment

    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)Environment

    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)Politics

    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)Environment

    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, OhioEnvironment

    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 HomendyFinance

    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)Politics

    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 eatingHealth

    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 siteFinance

    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 PalestineFinance

    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)Politics

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

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • An Alaska Airlines taxis at Boeing 737 MAX 9Finance

    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
  • Robert KroutilEnvironment

    Whistleblower says EPA tried to backdate documents and altered reports in Norfolk Southern train crash: ‘I think they chose not to know’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • South Dakota Governor Kristi NoemPolitics

    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is banned from nearly 20% of her own state as fight with Native American tribes heats up

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press