Rushed Railcar Inspections and ‘Stagnated’ Safety Record Reinforce Concerns July 26, 2024 By Josh Funk Major freight railroads are rushing railcar inspections, reinforcing known safety concerns raised by unions for years, but at a House...
EPA Watchdog Investigates Delay in Using Specialized Plane After Ohio Derailment July 19, 2024 By Josh Funk The EPA’s Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn’t get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the...
Few Residents Opt Out of Proposed $600 Million Settlement in Ohio Train Derailment July 18, 2024 By Josh Funk Few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last...
Norfolk Southern Says it Will Examine Vent and Burn Decisions June 24, 2024 By Josh Funk Days before the National Transportation Safety Board is set to explain why first responders were wrong to blow open five...
Nebraska Funeral Home Discovers Hospice Patient Declared Dead Was Actually Alive June 12, 2024 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her...
Texas County to Pay Female Deputies $1.5M to Settle Sexual Misconduct Suit June 7, 2024 By Josh Funk HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a...
Whistleblower Questions Delayed Use of Sensor Plane After Ohio Train Derailment May 16, 2024 By Josh Funk The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within...
BNSF Signs Anonymous Federal Safety Hotline for Workers May 1, 2024 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report...
Multiple Tornadoes Hit Nebraska and Iowa, Leaving Trails of Damage April 28, 2024 By Josh Funk, Margery A. Beck and Heather Hollingsworth OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures...
Freight Railroads Ask Courts to Throw Out Rule Requiring Two-Person Crews on Trains April 17, 2024 By Josh Funk Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in...