Cities are now scrambling to formulate emergency plans and to train firefighters amid the latest safety threat: a fiftyfold increase in crude shipments that critics say has put millions of people at heightened risk.
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Lawmakers seek greater rail-safety transparency
Rep. Frank Hornstein served as ringleader for a press conference to commemorate the second anniversary of the fatal Lac-Megantic freight train crash to push for better rail safety in Minnesota.
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Lynne M. Thomas was crossing University Avenue when she was struck by a westbound Green Line train.
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