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Lebanese fishermen hope ceasefire with Israel means normal life returning

Nov. 30, 2024 14:17 PM EST

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon on Friday, including fishermen who long launched their wooden-hulled single-engine boats into the Mediterranean at dawn. During the last two months of its...

Family of worker killed in Kentucky plant blast mourns and hires attorneys to investigate

Nov. 18, 2024 20:45 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The family of a worker killed last week in an explosion at a Louisville manufacturing plant said Monday they begged authorities to search the wreckage for his remains after they were told all employees were accounted for. Kevens Dawson Jr.'s body was found...

President of Kentucky plant that exploded says it is 'accountable' for neighborhood damages

Nov. 15, 2024 16:46 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The president of a Kentucky plant that exploded earlier this week said the company is accountable for the accident and will pay damages to residents affected by the blast. “First and foremost, we are devastated by the accident that happened on Tuesday,”...

Trump promised to ‘end’ offshore wind. What will that mean for California’s big bet?

Nov. 15, 2024 14:18 PM EST

California’s offshore wind industry could be a casualty if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on his promise to sign an executive order to “end” the offshore wind industry. He cannot do it with the stroke of a pen. But Trump can deeply wound the state’s next-generation...

Kentucky governor says investigators will determine what caused deadly Louisville factory explosion

Nov. 14, 2024 19:05 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's governor pledged Thursday that investigators will find out what caused a deadly explosion that ripped apart a Louisville factory and left its shellshocked neighbors demanding answers. Louisville's mayor, meanwhile, signaled he'd like to see the...

Neighbors of Kentucky factory describe years of odors before explosion that killed 2, injured 11

Nov. 13, 2024 18:44 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For years, neighbors who lived near a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, complained amongst themselves and to local officials about a variety of strange smells coming from the plant, which produces colorings for food and drinks. Some described it as an...

Former propane worker charged in Virginia house blast that killed a firefighter

Oct. 22, 2024 21:04 PM EDT

STERLING, Va. (AP) — A former employee of a propane supplier has been charged in the death of a volunteer firefighter who died while responding to a house explosion in Virginia in February, officials said Tuesday. Roger Bentley was indicted Monday on charges of involuntary...

Iran believes all remaining workers have died in coal mine explosion, raising death toll to 49

Sep. 24, 2024 10:32 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country's east have died, bringing the death toll in one of its worst industrial disasters to at least 49. A provincial emergency official, Mohammad Ali Akhoundi,...

Death toll after explosion at eastern Iran coal mine rises to at least 38 with 14 still missing

Sep. 23, 2024 04:00 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said. Another 14 miners are still believed to be trapped below ground. The blast...

An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers

Sep. 22, 2024 08:05 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others remained missing hours after the blast. The blast struck a coal...