The Latest Breaking News from East Palestine

An NTSB report shows Norfolk Southern’s train was heating up for miles. The crew wasn’t warned until it was too late

PITTSBURGH — The Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3 had passed through three temperature sensors designed to alert problems like the hot bearing that eventually failed that day.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Preliminary report offers new details about US train derailment

A report by the National Transportation Safety Board says the train’s crew received an alert just before the crash.

Al Jazeera · Feb 23, 2023

Watch Pete Buttigieg tour site of Ohio train derailment in East Palestine

US transport secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the site of the Ohio train derailment.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Trump is taking advantage of the Ohio disaster in a way that’s eerily reminiscent of 2016

Conservative dog-whistling about how white people in red states are pariahs was a tactic that helped Trump win a presidential election

The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2023

Trump called out over East Palestine lie

"I had nothing to do with" slashing rail regulations, Trump claimed after gutting rail regulations

Salon · Feb 23, 2023

Pete Buttigieg visits East Palestine 20 days after train derailment as he admits he should have spoken sooner

Mr Buttigieg visited the village the day after Donald Trump toured the crash site

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in East Palestine, Ohio, to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Axios interview: Sen. J.D. Vance sees "our people" hurt by derailment

Vance spoke as he was leaving an event in East Palestine with former President Trump.

Axios · Feb 23, 2023

Biden and Trump spar over East Palestine train disaster in US

Labour groups have said cost-cutting measures by railroad companies occurred under both Democrats and Republicans.

Al Jazeera · Feb 23, 2023

A doctor near East Palestine, Ohio, details the main thing he's watching for now

Officials are monitoring the air and water in East Palestine, Ohio, since a train carrying chemicals derailed there. A local doctor tells us what he is seeing.

WEKU · Feb 22, 2023