Lawsuit reportedly seeks damages for alleged Clean Water Act violations following crash of train carrying hazardous materials
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The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the railroad operating the train that last month derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, apologized for the derailment at a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday, but declined solicitations to endorse a bipartisan rail safety bill. 
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The derailment ‘obfuscates’ the broader trend of improved railroad safety, one analyst said.
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In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky, Ohio.
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"I don't feel safe in this town," said one resident, Jim Stewart. "You took it away from me. You took this away from us."...
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The Trump administration abandoned rail safety rules that were proposed during the Obama era. The Biden administration is trying to revive some of them.
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Norfolk Southern faces a slew of lawsuits and mounting pressure following the derailment.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) tore into the management of Norfolk Southern, the freight company behind the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on CNN Thursday.
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The head of Norfolk Southern, the railroad company behind that toxic derailment in Ohio, faced questions from lawmakers for the second time Wednesday. "Prime Time" host John Dickerson hears from CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi, who reports from East Palestine, Ohio.
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Norfolk Southern, the freight rail carrier involved in the East Palestine rail disaster, suffered another accident Tuesday, reported WOIO — this time a fatal collision with a dump truck sitting on the rail line in Cleveland.
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In the latest move to address the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Amit Bose, the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, met on Wednesday with leaders from 12 unions in Washington, DC.
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Jim Stewart, a lifelong resident of East Palestine, Ohio, tells Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw about his experiences following the company's train derailment and chemical spill near Stewart's home.
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Freight hauler Norfolk Southern showed “arrogance and incompetence” in how it handled a fiery train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border earlier this month, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday.
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The railway company has contributed about $98,000 during the past six years to Ohio statewide and legislative candidates.
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An investigation published Monday revealed that just weeks before a Norfolk Southern-owned train overloaded with hazardous materials derailed and caused a toxic chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the rail giant donated $10,000—the maximum amount allowed—to help fund the inauguration of...
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