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APNewsBreak: Official blasts critic of nuclear plant cleanup

A U.S. official harshly criticized a Colorado health officer who questioned the safety of a former nuclear weapons plant and ...

Daniel de Wet

South African man who survived impaling to run ultramarathon

A South African man who was impaled on a crowbar in a 2015 mining accident has qualified to run in the Comrades ultramarathon ...

Rick Perry

Energy chief defends Trump directive on coal, nuclear plants

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Monday defended President Donald Trump's call to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear ...

Explosion damages UPS freight hub in Kentucky

An explosion damaged a UPS freight hub Wednesday morning in Kentucky's second-largest city, sending multiple people to the ...

Officials: 9 anti-pollution protesters killed in south India

Police opened fire Tuesday on protesters demanding the closure of a south Indian copper plant, killing nine people, officials ...

Company says gas leak caused explosion at Houston-area plant

Officials say a gas leak caused an explosion and brief flash fire at a chemical plant near Houston, resulting in non-life ...

Pruitt rescinding safety rules prompted by fatal plant blast

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt moved Thursday to rescind much of a package of safety measures ...

Highway overpass collapses in India, killing 18 people

A highway overpass being built in north India collapsed, killing 18 people when an immense concrete slab slammed down onto ...

1 hurt in propane tank explosion at Chicago's Soldier Field

A man has been treated for smoke inhalation after a propane tank exploded during an event at Chicago's Soldier Field.

Fire destroys South Dakota ammo plant; no injuries reported

A fire erupted Tuesday at a South Dakota ammunition plant where more than 2 million rounds of ammunition were stored, ...

2 found dead in quake-hit Polish coal mine; 3 still missing

Polish rescue workers on Sunday found the bodies of two miners after an earthquake hit a coal mine in southern Poland.

Families hoping for justice in suit over 1968 mine disaster

Nearly half a century after an explosion tore through the Farmington No. 9 mine in West Virginia, the families of the 78 men ...

Gas explosion kills 6 miners in southwest Pakistan

A government official says a methane gas explosion in a coal mine has killed at least six miners in southwest Pakistan.

Death toll in South African mining accident rises to 7

A mining company in South Africa says seven workers died and six were rescued after an earth tremor caused a rock fall at a ...

Storage plan for spent fuel adds to US nuclear debate

A plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in New Mexico is drawing fire from ...

Flames shot out of grinder before Wisconsin plant explosion

A corn grinder began belching flames shortly before a deadly explosion tore through a southern Wisconsin mill last year, ...

Fire breaks out at building site of new Egyptian museum

A fire broke out on Sunday at the building site of the new Egyptian museum — the future site of some of the country's most ...

Wisconsin city returning to normal after oil refinery fire

Authorities said Friday they believe there's no further danger to the public in northwestern Wisconsin after an oil refinery ...

The Latest: Evacuation order lifted following refinery fire

The Latest on an explosion and fire at a refinery in northwestern Wisconsin (all times local): 6:30 a.m. Police say an ...

Smoky fire that forced evacuations out at Wisconsin refinery

Authorities said Thursday that a fire at a northwestern Wisconsin refinery where an explosion injured at least 11 people was ...