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NTSB: CREW LIKELY ASLEEP DURING ARK. TRAIN CRASH
The fatal collision of two Union Pacific freight trains in Arkansas resulted from a fatigued engineer and conductor, both of whom likely were asleep aboard one of the trains, federal investigators ruled Tuesday.
The crash Aug. 17, 2014, in Hoxie, Ark., could have been prevented by an automatic-braking system that Congress has required railroads to install by 2018, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
“Human operators can be fatigued, impaired, distracted or medically unfit, and they can make errors even on their best days,” said Christopher Hart, the board chairman. “This technological safety net is indispensable,” he said of automatic braking. — Bart Jansen
STUDENTS PROTEST WHITE SUPREMACIST AT TEXAS A&M
Protesters from around the state are making their way to Texas A&M University to take a stand against white nationalist Richard Spencer, who was to be speaking on campus Tuesday.
Spencer is the leader of the “alt-right,” a name currently embraced by some white supremacists and white nationalists to refer to themselves and their ideology, which emphasizes preserving and protecting the white race in the United States.
Spencer recently chanted “Hail Trump. Hail our people! Hail victory,” at a recent conference.
— Ian Smith, KAGS-TV
POLISH COURT REJECTS POLANSKI’S EXTRADITION
Poland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a government request to have Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski extradited to the U.S. if he enters Poland. Polanski is wanted in the U.S. in a nearly 40-year-old case involving sex with a 13-year-old girl.
The new request was brought by Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro after a lower court refused to seek Polanski’s extradition, arguing that the Polish-born director already had served a prison term and probably would not get a fair trial in the U.S. if he were extradited.
The effort by Ziobro, of Poland’s right-wing ruling Law and Justice party, was seen as part of broad moves by the government to support Roman Catholicfriendly values and law-and-order policies. The government in Warsaw abandoned an earlier attempt to introduce a near-total ban on abortion.
— Kim Hjelmgaard