East Palestine train derailment site cleanup will likely take about 3 months, EPA administrator says

Cleanup of the toxic train derailment site in the Ohio town of East Palestine will likely take about three months, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday. A Delaware man might have visited Florida just for the sun, but he came home $5 million richer. [Read more]

The Justice Department moved Tuesday to end a consent decree with the Seattle Police Department, bringing to a close more than a decade of federal supervision of the police department. [Read more]

A Kentucky law that aims to increase oversight in public schools by making it easier for parents to file complaints about -- and, if desired, shield their children from -- "harmful" materials has gone into effect after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear declined to veto a Republican-pushed bill. [Read more]

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced it has assumed control of the Paterson Police Department until new leadership can be installed, saying there is a "crisis of confidence" in the city's law enforcement. [Read more]