En las carreteras de los parques nacionales, los agentes de inmigración están arrestando a conductores en controles de tráfico “rutinos”.
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March Madness is over. Abuse from bettors likely isn’t
Gamblers spent the last month flooding student-athletes’ social media feeds with abusive, harassing comments, an analysis of Instagram comments shows.
How the Park Police are helping ICE carry out deportation efforts
Court records filed between September and February found at least ten arrests of immigrants by ICE in operations that involved the Park Police in the DC area.
BNSF exec: Railroad ‘intentionally’ not training tech to find some track defects
BNSF Railway’s general director of rail said the company is not training its track inspection technology to find some defects regulators maintain can lead to derailments, because it would slow the company’s freight operations.
Railroads and regulators thwart safety fixes for years, costing lives
Human errors and track defects caused more than 3,000 rail accidents over the last decade, killing 23 people and injuring nearly 1,200. Yet federal railroad regulators failed to implement most of the safety recommendations that emerged from the accident investigations.
The Wisconsin village with more derailments than gas stations
At least nine trains have derailed in Wisconsin in 10 years. The occurrence of two so close in time and location moved Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., to demand Canadian Pacific Kansas City take “immediate action” to improve track conditions.
Collision course: Animals killed on Canada’s railways
Trains regularly hit wildlife but poor reporting obscures the true toll — and a government document warns railway companies ‘are impossible to work with’
Railway collisions are killing B.C. wildlife. These people are trying to reduce them.
Bears and other wildlife are regularly being killed in collisions with trains in B.C. In partnership with The Narwal, CBC’s Jackie McKay breaks down the the efforts to lower that number.
Researchers designed an alert to prevent trains from killing animals. Why aren’t we using it?
Wildlife deaths on Canada’s railways are tracked inconsistently and remain largely unresolved. Researchers say an early warning system could give grizzlies, elk and other animals the seconds they need to survive
A dangerous road for B.C. wildlife is getting safer — fence by fence, passage by passage
Every year, thousands of animals are killed on roads and highways. Through carefully designed fences and underpasses, conservation efforts are creating safer corridors and helping ecosystems recover