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The report offers no clues on what could have caused Amtrak's Empire Builder, traveling from Chicago to Seattle, to derail in September, killing three people and injuring dozens more.
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Acting chair Jessica Rosenworcel is poised to become the first woman to run the Federal Communications Commission.
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Metro’s 7000-series rail cars were taken out of service over a week ago. (Marvin Joseph/The Post)
The details raise questions about the urgency, awareness and response of the transit agency toward wheel assembly failures that have been found in more than 50 of its latest model rail cars over four years.
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