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NTSB: Derailment proves need to replace flawed tank cars

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A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging the rail industry for decades to replace flawed tank cars that tend to rupture in a crash. The NTSB said in its final report Thursday that the ...

GOP, Dems bond over opposition to data centers

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Grassroots resistance to data centers is creating some strange bedfellows with Republican lawmakers who are typically not on the side of environmentalists leading the calls for a moratorium on data center development. Karen Feridun of the Better Path Coalition, one of the groups leading ...

Briefcase: ACRP, IUP mark affiliation

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JOHNSTOWN Alternative Community Resource Program will host a formal signing ceremony to establish a new clinical affiliation agreement with Indiana University of Pennsylvania, marking a significant step forward in expanding health care education and services in the region. The signing will ...

Ticker: Musk’s SpaceX set to make Wall Street debut

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Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday. Both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up the 555.6 million shares going up for sale at $135 apiece. Musk is already the world’s richest man and he could become its first trillionaire. ...

US stocks jump to best day in over two months

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell Thursday after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. That raised hopes for a potential deal that could get the global flow of oil going again. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%, ...