Ohio

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A grand jury has voted not to indict eight Ohio police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker after a car and foot chase that ended in the 25-year-old Black man being shot to death last summer

States refused to accept hazardous waste from the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, leading the EPA to issue a pointed reminder that they cannot interfere with federally authorized waste transport

The DOJ is seeking to hold the company accountable for polluting waterways and to ensure it pays the full cost of the environmental cleanup

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN that about 14 cars were carrying hazardous materials, including ethanol

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

Like lawmakers in several GOP-led states who started the year thinking about moderating the nation’s toughest abortion laws, Tennessee’s lawmakers found no appetite among their colleagues for loosening the rules

As Ohio’s primary approaches, a strict new photo ID requirement is stirring concerns for military veterans and out-of-state college students, in Amish communities and among older voters

The two bills Cox signed into law also prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.

The abortion pill ban and the sweeping ban conflict and create confusion about what is and isn’t permissible under the new laws

CEO Alan Shaw is under pressure from senators and federal safety regulators to step up his commitment to safety regulations as he appears before the Senate on Wednesday

The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion, and 15 states already have limited access to abortion pills

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