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Special Report: Poor planning left Texas firefighters unprepared

August 22, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.

WEST, Texas (Reuters) - The fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 14 and injured about 200 others in Texas last month highlights the failings of a U.S. federal law intended to save...

Exclusive: Readying for Sandy, NJ Transit erred in modeling storm

August 22, 2019 at 8:06 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Transit incorrectly used federal government software that otherwise could have warned officials against a disastrous decision to leave hundreds of millions of dollars worth...

Exclusive: San Bernardino paid $2 million in cash-outs before bankruptcy filing

December 25, 2018 at 11:24 a.m.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California city of San Bernardino paid $2 million in cash-outs to employees for unused vacation and sick time in the three months before declaring bankruptcy...

New Jersey lawmakers press transit chief on storm planning

August 23, 2021 at 7:08 p.m.

(Reuters) - New Jersey lawmakers on Monday pressed the head of New Jersey Transit to explain $100 million in damage to rail cars and engines flooded during Superstorm Sandy, particularly...

New Jersey lawmakers press transit chief on storm planning

December 25, 2018 at 8:50 a.m.

(Reuters) - New Jersey lawmakers on Monday pressed the head of New Jersey Transit to explain $100 million in damage to rail cars and engines flooded during Superstorm Sandy, particularly...

Exclusive: New Jersey railway put trains in Sandy flood zone despite warnings

August 23, 2021 at 5:48 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Transit's struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy is being compounded by a pre-storm decision to park much of its equipment in two rail yards...

Exclusive: New Jersey railway put trains in Sandy flood zone despite warnings

December 25, 2018 at 4:02 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Transit's struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy is being compounded by a pre-storm decision to park much of its equipment in two rail yards...

Special Report: How a vicious circle of self-interest sank a California city

December 25, 2018 at 3:17 a.m.

SAN BERNARDINO, California (Reuters) - When this sun-drenched exurb east of Los Angeles filed for bankruptcy protection in August, the city attorney suggested fraudulent accounting was the root of the...

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