Derailments

No injuries were reported after nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board, fire department and company officials said.

Months after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, some residents are still skeptical about the safety of their water.

Soil samples showed no contamination from the train derailment. But some residents say their own tests show vinyl chloride in their bodies.

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said he'll push for more rail safety regulations after the toxic train crash on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, but he balked at one specific one that's now in Ohio law.

For many of the students, the problems with the production had become symbolic of whether or not they would have a normal spring season of school activities. Would people outside of town even be willing to travel to East Palestine — where fears still persist about whether there are health risks — to come and see the show?

Those behind Clean Ohio Water Fund allegedly pocketed $131,000 that was supposed to help East Palestine residents.

Ideastream Public Media's Jeff St. Clair talks with Pennsylvania farmer and journalist Rachel Wagoner to get an update on life on a livestock farm not from the site after last month's toxic train disaster.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Norfolk Southern has agreed to use Ohio companies for the cleanup after last month's train derailment. The state's lawsuit against Norfolk Southern continues.

While officials say cleanup of the creeks in East Palestine will take time, some researchers say regulators aren't testing the water for enough chemicals.

The derailment in Washington state occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation near Anacortes. Most of 5,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel leaked on the land.