Six puppies were rescued from an abandoned mine by a local animal rescue in Westmoreland County. KDKA-TV's Erika Stanish has ...

The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on ...

Weathered, historic diamond-find ledgers, fossilised oyster shells, mineralised rock formations, salt deposits and old rusted ...

No vehicles crashed and no one was injured when the remains of the long-abandoned mine crumbled. But, for many, the sinkhole provided a sudden, alarming awareness that New Jersey is home to long ...

Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface ...

UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The work to fill an abandoned mine after a woman fell in through a sinkhole in December is almost complete. “I just couldn’t believe it. I was in shock,” said Marilyn ...

Some 18 bodies have been brought out of the abandoned mine in northwestern town of Stilfontein since Friday. But some 500 more are still trapped inside after being stuck underground for nine months.

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STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

The government estimates that there are about 6,000 abandoned mines and that close to $1 billion is lost annually in revenue due to illicit mining. What's happening now? A community-led rescue ...

An attempt by the South African authorities to force hundreds of informal miners illegally operating in abandoned shafts to resurface has backfired spectacularly.