People impacted by East Palestine train derailment have Thanksgiving dinner
People impacted by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio sat down for a Thanksgiving dinner.
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People impacted by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio sat down for a Thanksgiving dinner.
People impacted by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio sat down for a Thanksgiving dinner.
The costs related to the East Palestine derailment continue to grow to reach $966 million for Norfolk Southern, but the railroad's service is improving and its insurance companies have started to pay their share of the cost of the crash in eastern Ohio early this year.
President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in eastern Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee East Palestine's recovery, but he stopped short of declaring a disaster.
The railroad's program will no doubt be welcomed by some people who want to sell their homes and move away from the town.
Unions and workplace safety experts say the idea of disciplining workers who report safety concerns undermines the purpose of creating such a hotline because workers won't use it if they fear retribution.
The Biden administration says it could soon launch a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic smoke following the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
The company agreed to improve conditions for those working on the train derailment cleanup.
The U.S. Department of Labor, Norfolk Southern, and Teamsters agreed to improving conditions for workers in East Palestine.
Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still falls well short of being the "gold standard for safety" it is striving to be.
The office will be across the street from the company's historic train depot.
Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters.
A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings.
On Saturday, KDKA's Lauren Linder spoke with company CEO Alan Shaw one-on-one at the remediation site in East Palestine, Ohio.
On Saturday, KDKA’s Lauren Linder spoke with the company’s CEO one-on-one at the remediation site in East Palestine, Ohio, the site of the toxic train derailment almost six months ago.
Additional charges related to the Ohio train derailment, combined with a drop in shipments, more than halved the company's profits.
Some residents say that they're still suffering months after the derailment.
Months after a train carrying chemicals derailed in their town, many residents say that enough still hasn't been done to help them.
Independent testing expert Scott Smith blames the dust kicked up during the soil remediation process.
Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash.
The governor said the declaration "is needed to ensure that the State and Federal government use all resources available to step in and provide the community with needed assistance."
Some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rather than wait for federal action amid industry opposition and questions about whether they even have authority to make the changes.
Norfolk Southern's CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it's safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio.
Testing of several crops showed no contamination.
A union official says freight railcar inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as before due to regulatory loopholes, time constraints and staff cuts.
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A 17-year-old is in the hospital after he was stabbed during a gathering in East Liberty.
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Watch as teams from Bethlehem-Center, California Area, and Shenango high schools compete on this edition of KD Quiz!
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The 44th annual KDKA-TV Turkey Fund will help our neighbors in need have a nice meal for Thanksgiving.
