Associated Press
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A federal jury says BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened.
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The Rev. Frederick Haynes III tells The Associated Press that he submitted his resignation on Tuesday as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He says the decision came “after a time of prayer and consultation.”
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The pilots union at American Airlines says there has been “a significant spike” in safety issues at the airline, including fewer routine aircraft inspections and shorter test flights on planes returning from major maintenance work.
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Four railroads including Fort Worth's BNSF Railway have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in most circumstances.
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Kansas City Chiefs' Rashee Rice surrenders to police; SMU suspends football player involved in crashTheodore Knox, 21, was driving the other speeding sports car, a Corvette, Dallas police said, and arrest warrants were issued for Knox on the same range of counts as for Rice.
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Texas-based BNSF faces accusations of negligence and wrongful death for failing to control clouds of contaminated dust that used to swirl from the rail yard and settle across a Montana town.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says a Southwest Airlines jet leaving Denver was forced to land after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff. Southwest Airlines says the Boeing 737 landed safely Sunday and the passengers headed to Houston are being put onto another aircraft.
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A California-based vendor of election services is charging several Texas counties tens of thousands of dollars in additional fees. The requests from VOTEC have led the counties to discuss their options with the Texas Secretary of State's office.
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A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu — an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows. The only reported symptom was eye redness, and the patient is recovering.
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AT&T said that a dataset found on the dark web contains information including some Social Security numbers and passcodes for about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. Whether the data originated from AT&T or one of its vendors is still unknown.
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The Dallas-based company says a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current account holders.
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Officials believe the change will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.