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  • TRUCKEE, CA – MARCH 03: A Union Pacific train equipped with a snow plow rests in Truckee, California on March 03, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson for the Washington Post)Success

    Union Pacific spies on workers who take medical leave and then fires those who leaves the house, lawsuit says

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Olivia Holley, 22, and Taylor Gulish, 22, collect water samples from Leslie Run creek on February 25, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.Politics

    Norfolk Southern CEO to tell Congress he’s ‘deeply sorry’ for the Ohio train derailment disaster: ‘I am determined to make it right’

    By Josh Funk, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Train derailmentEnvironment

    The railroad industry’s plan to fix derailments: Sensors that work

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Multiple cars of a Norfolk Southern train lie toppled after derailing at a train crossing with Ohio 41 in Clark County, Ohio, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Bill Lackey/Springfield-News Sun via AP)Environment

    After fiery crash, conductor’s death, other derailments feds open special probe into Norfolk Southern

    By Josh Funk, John Seewer, and others
  • East Palestine residentsEnvironment

    ‘It’s not safe here’: Terrified Ohioans beg Norfolk Southern to pay for relocation because they’re afraid of their homes

    By Josh Funk, John Seewer, and others
  • Sherrod BrownPolitics

    Toxic crash prompts Ohio senators to cross party lines with bill to ‘finally hold big railroad companies accountable’

    By Julie Carr Smyth, Josh Funk, and others
  • Lance Fritz, chief executive officer of Union PacificFinance

    Lance Fritz out as CEO of Union Pacific: Public letter from hedge fund said the railroad ‘lagged behind rivals’ under his watch

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Pete ButtigiegPolitics

    Buttigieg blames Congress for railroad safety issues: ‘Untie our hands here’

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Toxic Ohio train crashEnvironment

    ‘This is a big, big deal’: Ohio’s governor is shocked at the toxic train derailment that forced a town to evacuate

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Freight Trains Ahead of a Potential Nationwide Rail Worker StrikeFinance

    CSX railroad workers will finally get the benefit that most U.S. employees take for granted

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Lina Khan, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Khan’s selection for the FTC indicate that Biden is prepared to pursue a more interventionist antitrust agenda in which officials are quicker to challenge mergers and the market power of dominant companies. Photographer: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPersonal Finance

    Americans are furious at the price of eggs skyrocketing by 137% and urging the FTC to investigate potential price gouging

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 08: A customer purchases eggs at a supermarket on January 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by I RYU/VCG via Getty Images)Retail

    Making an omelette is a lot more expensive these days. Egg prices are soaring—even more than for most other foods

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • Warren BuffettPolitics

    Warren Buffett breaks local politics vow to say not in my backyard to $306 million Omaha streetcar project

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
  • A remediation company deploys a boom on the surface of an oil spill after a Keystone pipeline ruptured at Mill Creek in Washington County, Kansas, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Vacuum trucks, booms and an emergency dam were constructed on the creek to intercept the spill. (Kyle Bauer/KCLY/KFRM Radio via AP)Environment

    Keystone oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. shut after Kansas spill

    By John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth, and others
  • Butchers cutting beef in slaughterhouse, wearing hygienic masks - stock photoFinance

    A judge just ordered a major slaughterhouse cleaning company busted for using at least 50 underage workers to stop hiring minors

    By Josh Funk and The Associated Press