The gravesite in Danny Smith’s vast and verdant yard is shaded by hulking trees. His parents’ graves are adjacent and marked by a massive headstone. In summer, crickets chirp, birds sing, and leaves ...
Coal miner Scott Tiller works next to a drill in an underground coal mine roughly 40-inches-high in Welch, West Virginia. May 11, 2016. (Photo by: Scott Tiller, AP Images). This story originally ...
On Tuesday, federal officials posted new rules to protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying. It took mine safety ...