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The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill

Although it’s unclear what steps the EPA might take if states don’t cooperate, the agency told Norfolk Southern that it expects the company to take legal action if it is unable to ship the waste

The state’s attorney general said that the federal lawsuit seeks to make sure the company pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by the February 3 derailment

The state court denied Republican Attorney General Dave Yost’s request to launch its own review of the right to an abortion under the Ohio Constitution

Mistrust still grips many in a community whipsawed by government assurances that the air and water are safe; warnings from activists like Erin Brockovich about coverups and danger for years to come; and social media misinformation

Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend’s derailment in Ohio, prompting the Association of American Railroads to issue an advisory

‘I want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry I am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of East Palestine and the surrounding communities,’ CEO Alan Shaw said

Federal investigators said they have sent investigation teams to look into five significant accidents involving Norfolk Southern since December 2021

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the collision, which comes just weeks after a fiery train derailment on February 3 outside East Palestine

As a precaution, residents living within 1,000 feet were asked to shelter in place and responding firefighters deployed the county hazmat team

The system will threaten the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys with tornadoes as they move toward New England

As clinics have been forced to shutter in Republican-dominant states with strict abortion bans, some have relocated to cities just over the border, in states with more liberal laws

In some states, Republicans are considering exemptions to sweeping bans or looking at ways to prevent abortions besides trying to roll back the number of weeks during which the procedure is allowed

The 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both

The homeless and those without electricity were at special risk from the cold, the weather service said

Though no one was injured or killed, the accident and its aftermath imperiled the entire village and nearby neighborhoods in both states

In California, the National Weather Service said winter storms will continue moving into the state through Wednesday

Rare blizzard warnings for Southern California mountains and widespread flood watches ended late Saturday

A tornado touched down Sunday near Liberal, Kansas, the National Weather Service said, and more than a dozen homes were reported damaged

Disposal plans including locations and transportation routes for contaminated waste will be subject to EPA review and approval

Workers will ask how residents are doing, see what they need and connect them with appropriate resources from government and nonprofit organizations

No one was injured when 38 Norfolk Southern cars derailed in a fiery, mangled mess on the outskirts of town Feb. 3

State authorities acknowledged that an Ohio serial killer could have been the person who killed two deer hunters in 1990

It takes between 7 and 11 years for the chemical to start to break down in the body of a person or animal

The Associated Press fact-checks claims that birds are ‘dropping dead’ because of the hazardous chemicals released after the train accident in East Palestine

The wastewater has been delivered to Texas Molecular, which injects hazardous waste into the ground for disposal