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This story was originally published by KHN. Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry. Throughout the four

After decades on a decline, black lung cases have climbed precipitously since 2005. Why haven't regulations changed?

McROBERTS, Ky. — Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry.

McROBERTS, Ky.—Like most coal miners’ loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry. Throughout the four decades her husband, Michael, worked in underground Appalachian mines, Liz was aware of the risks: collapse, explosions, asphyxiation.

Like most coal miners' loved ones, Liz Williams has endured many days and nights of worry.

A retrial is underway for a Walla Walla man who was granted a second trial by the Washington Court of Appeals after originally being convicted of second-degree rape in 2019.

A retrial is underway for a Walla Walla man who was granted a second trial by the Washington Court of Appeals after originally being convicted of second-degree rape in 2019.

On February 1, 2003, NASA lost space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven astronauts. Remembering them and lessons learned remain critical today.

The last couple of days have been really busy here in Texas with freezing temps, slick roads, iced bridges, power outages, and the like, so busy in fact we missed what I consider to be an important anniversary. Did you know, February 1 was the 20-year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when it broke apart upon re-entry over North and East Texas? Seems like just a few years ago to me.

It seems strange to think that the idea of launching human beings into outer space would ever seem routine, but by 2003 that’s where we were as a nation with the Space Shuttle program. After 22...