A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed. And many ...
TALATAN, China (AP) — High on the Tibetan plateau, Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world's largest solar farm when completed — 610 square kilometers (235 square miles), the size of the American city of Chicago. China has been installing solar ...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum, according to documents seen Wednesday by The Associated Press. Bolsonaro is currently awaiting a ...
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Board of Education took the next step to appeal a lower court ruling that kept in place a religious exemption to the state’s compulsory immunization law for the children of three Raleigh County parents. Attorneys for the state Board of Education filed an ...
PARKERSBURG — The mother of a 22-year-old woman killed in a February off-road vehicle crash has filed a civil lawsuit in Wood County Circuit Court, alleging negligence against a former Parkersburg police officer, his mother and the estate of another individual who died in the wreck. The ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s labor force participation rate peaked at 55% following an extreme drop following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a steady drop in both labor force participation and increases in unemployment caused the leader of the state’s business community to raise ...