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Severe Weather To Strike More Than A Dozen US States This Week

This week, devastating thunderstorms from Oklahoma to Ohio have already wreaked havoc on several sections of the United States

Zenger · Mar 2, 2023

Householder's claims questioned as corruption testimony ends

Prosecutors have used the former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s own speeches, photographs and conversations against him as they seek to unravel the Republican’s denials of key elements of the secretly funded $60 million racketeering scheme they allege he carried out on behalf of FirstEnergy Corp. Householder and co-defendant Matt…

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering rail operator Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins in the area where a train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

News briefs

Pa. lawmakers subpoena Norfolk Southern in Ohio derailment probe

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023

Pa. lawmakers subpoena Norfolk Southern in its Ohio derailment probe

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Norfolk Southern’s chief executive to appear before the panel, after a bipartisan outpouring of frustration over a lack of information and testing data following last month’s catastrophic train derailment across the border in East Palestine, Ohio.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023

Long-lost sunken ship Ironton found in Lake Huron, ending 128-year-old mystery

Searchers have found the wreck of the freight schooner that plunged to the lake’s bottom in 1894 after colliding with another vessel in rough seas, killing five crewmen.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 1, 2023

Railroad CEO to testify in Congress about Ohio derailment

The CEO of Norfolk Southern railroad will testify in Congress next week about last month's fiery Ohio derailment and the precautions the railroad takes to prevent similar crashes

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Ex-Ohio House speaker denies dinners with FirstEnergy execs

Republican ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is directly contradicting FBI testimony at his corruption trial in Cincinnati

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Ohio Woman Says Cops Broke Her Wrist for Recording During Traffic Stop

"The Officers' actions were unreasonable, deliberately indifferent, reckless, willful, wanton, and shocking to the conscience," a new legal complaint states.

Reason · Mar 1, 2023

Pa. Senate committee subpoenaes Norfolk Southern in its East Palestine derailment probe

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state Senate committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Norfolk Southern’s chief executive to appear before the panel, after a bipartisan outpouring of frustration over a lack of information and testing data following last month’s catastrophic train derailment across the Pennsylvania border in East Palestine, Ohio.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023