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pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — The bullet-proof train carrying Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia as the North Korean leader made his way to a summit with President Vladimir Putin, local media reported. Russian media posted a video of the green-and-gold train traveling north in Primorye, the far-east district where Vladivostok is located. The […]
Stocktrek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States will be training Ukrainian pilots how to operate F-16 fighter aircraft after all, but only in support of the Netherlands and Denmark that will take the lead in the training of Ukrainian pilots. The Pentagon on Thursday announced that beginning in October the U.S. will provide F-16 training […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Mont.) — Parts of a freight train carrying hazardous materials remain in the Yellowstone River in southern Montana after a bridge collapsed over the weekend. Nine mangled cars — six that contained hot asphalt, three holding molten sulfur and one with scrap metal — were still in the rushing […]
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks – Region 5 (COLUMBUS, Mont.) — A train carrying potentially hazardous materials derailed into the Yellowstone River in Montana early Saturday, authorities said. The bridge the train was going over during the incident collapsed, but it’s unclear how the incident started, officials said. Three of the railcars that derailed were carrying […]
jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jamilla Vanbuckley would like to buy a home one day. A correctional counselor in New York City, Vanbuckley has been living with her parents and tucking as much money as possible into her savings account. But by late summer, she expects a new expense to enter her monthly budget — […]
San Bernardino County Fire via Twitter (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif.) — A train carrying raw material derailed in California on Monday, according to San Bernardino County fire officials. There were no passengers on the Union Pacific train, but multiple cars containing iron ore derailed, officials said. According to Union Pacific officials, 55 train cars, including […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Scientists will be likely monitoring the ecosystem surrounding the areas affected by a massive chemical spill in Ohio for years to come. The tens of thousands of aquatic life that have died as a result could potentially point to whether ecosystems are safe enough for human activity […]
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling on the rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio to join a program that would allow its employees to voluntarily and confidentially report close calls. In letters sent Monday to Norfolk Southern Railway and […]
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Joint teams from multiple federal agencies have started canvassing homes in a tiny Ohio village upended by a hazardous train derailment to help provide support for affected residents. Interagency teams from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — It’s been more than three weeks since the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, leaking dangerous chemicals into the air, soil and water. Crews are continuing cleanup of the area where hazardous materials including vinyl chloride, ethyl acrylate and isobutylene may have escaped into the environment […]
