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Two men accused of stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win an Ohio fishing tournament last fall have pleaded guilty to charges including cheating.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered states to stop blocking contaminated waste from a fiery train derailment in Ohio from being sent to hazardous waste storage sites around the nation.

A man was taken to the hospital after a zebra attacked him on Sunday.

Norfolk Southern’s CEO apologized before Congress on Thursday and pledged millions of dollars to help East Palestine, Ohio, recover from last month’s fiery, hazardous materials train derailment.

The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest railroads is preparing to tell a Senate committee he is “deeply sorry” for the fiery derailment last month on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.

The derailment of another Norfolk Southern train near Springfield, Ohio was caught on camera.

Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a company train in the state in a month.

Theresa Cain, 46, also critically injured her daughter in the shooting. which took place while deputies “were attempting to serve civil paperwork,” police said.

Residents living in a southwestern Ohio community have been asked to shelter in place “out of an abundance of caution” after a train derailed Saturday.

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.

Environmental waste sites from three states have been tasked with taking the hazardous waste from the area and disposing it through a process called deep well injection.

April Wise, a bus driver for Tecumseh Local Schools in New Carlisle, Ohio, is being hailed a hero after keeping a student from being hit by a car. The school district hopes sharing the video will remind drivers to use caution when driving near school buses.

Leaders from 12 unions met with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Amit Bose, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, in Washington.

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says he doesn’t want any stigmas attached to the Ohio community where a train derailed and spewed toxic gases three weeks ago.

President Joe Biden has directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a political controversy.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg spoke on Thursday after the NTSB’s initial findings on the Ohio train derailment were made public.

Preliminary findings from the National Transportation Safety Board show that one of the train’s wheel bearing recorded a temperature of 253 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured a new clinic in East Palestine, Ohio, on Tuesday, weeks after a train crash that forced residents from their homes.

Federal environmental regulators have taken charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill.

An explosion at a metals plant in Ohio sent more than a dozen people to the hospital on Monday, authorities said.