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Let's get right into today's need to know headlines starting. It was sad news out of that building collapse in Iowa. The bodies of the three men who had been reported missing since last week have all been recovered. The police chief said they don't have any other information at this time that there are any additional missing people. End quote. Well, this says one of the building's residents has filed a lawsuit against the city and the building's former and current owners alleging multiple counts of negligence saying that they acknowledge of the deteriorating conditions but failed to warn residents about the risk, seeks unspecified damages and notes additional lawsuits may be coming and investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the site of yesterday's plane crash in Virginia that killed four people. Authorities found no survivors in the wreckage of that aircraft that caused drama over the skies of Washington DC and forced us F-16 fighter jets to get involved. We'll have much more on the investigation in just a few moments and in India, the investigation continues in that train collision on Friday that left at least 275 people dead and nearly 1000 injured. India's Railways Minister said the crash occurred due to a change in electronic interlocking end quote and that the investigation would show who was responsible. The ministry has now recommended that the Central Bureau of Investigations, the country's top police agency which investigates high profile criminal cases should look into the crash. And back here in the US, the Biden administration is announcing today $570 million in grants with the hopes of eliminating railroad crossings. The money will be spread among 32 states and go toward building bridges or underpasses and more than three dozen crossings that delay traffic and can keep emergency services responding to situations. Transportation secretary P Boon Judge said we see countless stories of people unable to get to work on time, goods being blocked from getting where they need to be and first responders being delayed by these trains that can be slowed or stopped, even seeing images of Children having to crawl between or under freight trains in order to get to school. Additionally, authorities point to the fact that there are nearly 2000 collisions at railroad crossings each year and approximately 250 deaths and news from the railway industry here in the United States. Norfolk Southern has become the first major railroad to provide a paid sick time to all of its workers. The agreement will give workers up to seven paid sick days annually and the company said it will pay workers for any unused sick time. At the end of the year, last year, the railroads refused to add the pay time to ongoing negotiations but buckled under pressure from lawmakers and the public, especially after a string of derailments. Norfolk Southern's President and CEO said following national labor negotiations, we committed to address quality of life issues for our cracked railroaders. Today's agreement, we made good on that promise other railroads are still negotiating with their unions but are moving in the same direction. Nearly 60% of all rail workers have secured at paid sick times since the start of the year and three chemical companies have agreed to pay over a billion dollars to settle claims that they contaminated us water systems. Ken Moores will pay out about $592 million 400 million from Dupont and 193 million from Corva. The three face thousands of lawsuits across the country that allege their manufacturing, polluted the environment. Chemicals known as PFAS are found in a host of products from makeup to carpeting. They linger in the environment and human body and can cause serious health problems. Well, today's trial between the city of Stewart, Florida and Company three M seeking to be delayed according to a joint motion filed by both parties in order to finish final details on a possible settlement over Stewart's claims that three M's chemicals polluted its water supply and a story we've been following the Directors, Guild of America and the alliance of motion picture and television producers have reached a tentative agreement on a new three year contract which reportedly increases foreign streaming residuals to 76% for the biggest platforms and protects workers from emerging ai technology. It said a deal is supposed to be submitted on Tuesday for board approval. The Writers Guild of America has previously said that any deal from the DGA would not affect their strike.