LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden visited the disaster-stricken rural village of East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, more than a year after a freight train loaded with hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals derailed there. Biden called the response and recovery efforts in East Palestine over the last year “Herculean” and vowed to hold rail giant Norfolk Southern …
The NTSB is holding hearings into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio The Norfolk Southern train derailment and fire spewed toxic chemicals into the environment. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: The National Transportation Safety Board today begins hearings to investigate just what caused the fiery train derailment, as well as the decision a few days later to vent and burn hazardous …