Norfolk Southern agrees to $600 million settlement for East Palestine train derailment
Norfolk Southern Railroad CEO Alan Shaw speaks on “Cramman Countdown” about new NTSB investigation revealing train inspection shortcuts and “missed detector warnings” led to East Palestine train crash Reacted to the results. The company whose freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio last year, causing a massive chemical spill, has reached a $600 million settlement […]
Norfolk Southern reaches $600 million settlement in East Palestine derailment lawsuit
Norfolk Southern announced on Tuesday that it reached a $600 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over the toxic train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, last year. The company announced the settlement had been agreed to in principle and still required approval from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The […]
Norfolk Southern Reaches $600 Million Settlement With East Palestine Train Derailment Victims
Railroad company Norfolk Southern has reached a $600 million settlement with victims of the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, according to a press release issued Tuesday. On February 3, 2023, a south Norfolk train carrying dangerous chemicals derailed near East Palestine, releasing the chemicals into the surrounding area and causing the evacuation […]
Aslef’s final strike day disrupts rail services in south and east England | Rail strikes
Rail passengers on many routes in southern and eastern England, including major commuter routes into London, are expected to experience significant disruption on Monday as train drivers stage their final strike in a three-day campaign. Aslef union members launched a 24-hour strike on Monday across eight operators: C2C, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia, Great Northern, South […]
Israel Is ‘Creating Such an Escalatory Pressure’ in Middle East
On Friday’s MSNBC show “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Israel should be allowed more aid to Gaza and that its war “is a war against the Palestinians.” It should not be seen as a war against or against Gazans.” “We are allowing this humanitarian crisis to spiral out of control, whether […]
You Will Never Guess What This Senate Hopeful Blamed For East Coast Earthquake
A candidate running for Senate in New Jersey attributed Friday’s east coast earthquake to climate change. Christina Khalil, who is running for a Senate seat in New Jersey as a member of the Green Party, blamed the “climate crisis” for the unusual magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck her state and several others bordering it on […]
Top Biden aide postpones trip to Middle East because of cracked rib
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has postponed a planned trip to Saudi Arabia as he recovers from a broken rib, his spokesman announced Wednesday. John Kirby, the White House press secretary for national security affairs, told reporters that Sullivan was scheduled to travel to the region this week, but the cracked ribs “will […]
EPA did not declare a public health emergency following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
The aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio does not constitute a public health emergency because no widespread health problems or ongoing chemical exposures have been documented, federal officials say. said. The Norfolk South derailment in February 2023 forced the evacuation of half of the East Palestine town and raised many concerns […]
Police arrest suspected ‘East Bay Pirates’ who allegedly raided boats on Oakland waterfront
Oakland police recently announced the arrest of three East Bay pirates suspected of attacking houseboats and yachts along Oakland’s waterfront. Kron report. On Thursday, authorities arrested three people believed to be involved in a March 13 robbery of a shipping business in the 1300 block of the Embarcadero on San Francisco’s waterfront. The break-in sparked […]
7.5 Earthquake Strikes Taiwan’s East Coast
Stock image. (Photo by Billy HC Kwok/Getty Images) OAN’s Avril Elfie6:08pm – Tuesday, April 2, 2024 A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan off the coast of Japan’s southern island. advertisement A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. […]