A Nebraska school district has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of an eighth grader who died after eating a granola bar given to him by a teacher.

U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December.

The main U.S. railroad trade group has taken the rare step of warning railroads to take certain cars out of service because they could cause a derailment.

Colorado lawmakers are looking to strengthen the state’s role as a safe haven for abortion rights in a region largely dominated by conservative states that have restricted the practice.

The major freight railroads have announced a number of steps they are taking to improve safety in the wake of last month's fiery Ohio derailment.

Nebraska could join 48 other states in offering public money for private school tuition under a bill advanced by the state Legislature on Wednesday.