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Play about Upper Big Branch mine disaster to be performed in W.Va.

April 28, 2022 By Associated Press

A play based on the 2010 Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster that killed 29 miners will be performed in southern West Virginia next month.

In the aftermath of climate disasters, vulnerable U.S. students struggle to recover

January 25, 2022 By Yvette Cabrera

The consequences for communities in the paths of hurricanes and wildfires are far-reaching.

December’s tornadoes show a country badly in need of disaster reform

January 5, 2022 By Zoya Teirstein

"Until local agencies have their capacity substantially expanded in essentially every community across the country, we’re going to keep running into problems."

Kentucky ‘Rock of Labor’ memorial survives tornado, symbolizing workers’ resolve

December 22, 2021 By Berry Craig

Like the workers it remembers, Mayfield's 'Rock of Labor' stands strong.

Britain and France sued over Channel deaths

December 21, 2021 By Bethany Rielly

"Serious failings” in a search and rescue operation may have contributed to the deaths of 27 people in the Channel last month, an expert report filed as part of a legal challenge has claimed.