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Osvaldo Romero and his wife got off a battered boat Friday under the scorching sun of central Venezuela and walked up the bank of a river barefoot, their pants soaking wet and eyes showing the shock of having faced days earlier one of the country’s deadliest mining disasters. On Thursday, several privately operated boats arrived in La Paragua with people who had given up on their dreams of gold.

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia’s coal mining industry has faced some monumental mining disasters, with some of the worst occurring during the 1900’s. According to West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia’s coal mining industry has suffered approximately 115 coal mining disasters in the history of the Mountain State. Some of the worst tragedies […]

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At least five coal miners and two rescuers died due to suffocation after a methane gas fire broke out in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. This is the second mine disaster in the region within a week. The fire took place at a mine in the Tor Ghar area of Harnai district, about 170 km west of the provincial capital Quetta, late on Monday, reported Al Jazeera citing government official Sohail Anwer Hashmi. "The coal miners entered inside the mine to fill the cracks caused by ...

Are arguably relatively serious candidates. joe manchins this very strong senator and a very strong west virginian, but don blankenship, given his past, his record, his rhetoric, is going be to the weakest and most vulnerable candidate in a state that trump won by 42 points. >> ken, its hard to step back and not acknowledge that a guy who spent near lay year in prison, for being responsible for one of the worst mining disasters this countrys ever seen, is it not hard to see why someone might hav...

The intruder jumped the fence and ran more than 70 yards before walking through an unlocked door right into the white house. an officer with an attack dog. he was on his personal cell phone in his van talking without his radio ear piece in his ear. he was also without a backup radio which he left in his locker. it all contributed to a slow response. in general, the report found that no officer was in a position to catch the fence jumper. only minutes after the president had left the white house ...

Hands on them. >> you yourself didnt see it, but again reports of the looting through the suitcases, personal effects. can you just walk me through, noah, the crash scene itself? first, with regard to these victims, with regard to the bodies, i read there are these tiny markers with white flags to mark each body. can you describe that for me? >> reporter: sure. the local rescue teams, and these are, you know, local emergency services who normally deal with mining disasters. this is a region know...

>> a soldier opening fire killing three people before turning the gun on himself. the gunman is identified as ivan lopez. he was undergoing treatment for anxiety, depression and was on medication. we will have more updates about this story coming up through out the morning. now to an abc news investigation. new outrage this morning directed at the man who presided over one of the worst mining disasters in american history. >> four years ago, 29 workers were trapped by an explosion deep undergr...