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Ohio Residents Worry About Going Home, Toxic Gas From Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Brittany Dailey stood outside her hotel watching black smoke darken the sky 10 miles to the east as crews burned toxic chemicals from tanker cars that derailed just down the street from her home. The …

Ohio Residents Kept Out as Air Checked Near Derailed Train

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – It’s unclear when evacuated residents might be able to return home to the area where officials released and burned toxic chemicals from the wreckage of a derailed train, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday. Residents …

Sheriff: Toxic Gas Release Likely From Ohio Train Derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities were threatening to arrest anyone who doesn’t leave an evacuation zone near the smoldering wreckage of an Ohio train derailment near the Pennsylvania state line and warned Monday there was a high probability of …

Closed Illinois Plant’s Ex-Operator Settling Suits For $408M

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) – The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and caused …

Jury Awards Illinois Woman $363 Million in Suit Over Plant’s Toxic Gas

A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical equipment exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and gave her breast cancer. After a five-week trial, the Cook County …