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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads.

Seven current or former Long Island Rail Road employees who say they were assaulted by train passengers are suing the LIRR, alleging the railroad’s "negligence, carelessness and recklessness ...

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - The Union Pacific Railroad logo appears on a locomotive in the Jackson, Miss., terminal rail yard, April 20, 2022. Union Pacific reports earnings on July 25 ...