Billionaire Gubernatorial Candidate Owes $15 Million In Taxes And Fines
West Virginia's Democratic candidate for governor is a billionaire, a philanthropist and a resort and coal mine owner who cites his business and mining experience as major attributes as he seeks to...
View ArticleAdvanced Black Lung Cases Surge In Appalachia
Across Appalachia, coal miners are suffering from the most serious form of the deadly mining disease black lung in numbers more than 10 times what federal regulators report, an NPR investigation has...
View ArticleLawmakers Seek Better Count Of Advanced Black Lung Disease Cases
Updated at 6:25 p.m. ET Two Democratic members of Congress want three federal agencies to work together to get a more accurate count of coal miners suffering from progressive massive fibrosis, the...
View ArticleNPR Continues To Find Hundreds Of Cases Of Advanced Black Lung
NPR's ongoing investigation of the advanced stage of the fatal lung disease that afflicts coal miners has identified an additional 1,000 cases in Appalachia. That brings the NPR count of progressive...
View ArticleFlorida Lawmakers To Review Law Targeting Injured Undocumented Workers
The second-highest ranking member of the Florida Senate pledged a legislative review of a state law that has allowed injured undocumented workers to be arrested and potentially deported rather than...
View ArticleShooter Behind Las Vegas Massacre Had No Criminal Record
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Let's talk now about the 64-year-old-man who law enforcement officials say was responsible for this deadliest gun massacre in modern U.S....
View ArticleWhat We Know, And Don't Know About The Las Vegas Shooter
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Investigators in Nevada are looking through the evidence they collected at the homes of Stephen Paddock, the man who attacked the Las Vegas...
View ArticleLas Vegas Shooter's Life Comes Into Focus, But Not His Motive
Updated at 4:50 p.m. ET Investigators in Las Vegas are sifting through evidence they've gathered from the homes of the man who sprayed a concert crowd with gunfire. They've begun to interview his...
View ArticleBlack Lung Study Finds Biggest Cluster Ever Of Fatal Coal Miners' Disease
Updated on Feb. 6 at 3:49 p.m. ET Epidemiologists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say they've identified the largest cluster of advanced black lung disease ever reported, a...
View ArticleCongress Boosts 'Black Lung' Treatment Funding By Millions
Rural medical clinics that are struggling to respond to an epidemic of a fatal lung disease plaguing coal miners received a 40 percent boost in federal funding with the passage of the omnibus spending...
View ArticleKentucky Lawmakers Limit Black Lung Claims Reviews Despite Epidemic
A measure signed into law in Kentucky this past week would prevent federally-certified radiologists from judging X-rays in state black lung compensation claims, leaving diagnoses of the disease mostly...
View ArticleScientific Studies Confirm A Spike In Black Lung Disease
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Several new scientific studies out today confirm what NPR News first reported. Hundreds of coal miners are suffering from the advanced stage...
View ArticleNew Studies Confirm A Surge In Coal Miners' Disease
More coal miners in central Appalachia have suffered the advanced stages of the deadly disease black lung than previous government research has found, and more miners working in the region today have...
View ArticleCoal Miners' Fund Set For Deep Cuts As Black Lung Epidemic Grows
A new government report says that the federal black lung trust fund that helps sick and dying coal miners pay living and medical expenses could incur a $15 billion deficit in the next 30 years. That's...
View Article'Fundamental Shift' Needed To Protect Miners From Deadly Black Lung
New and tougher rules designed to protect coal miners from the coal and silica dust that causes the fatal disease black lung may not be enough to stem an " epidemic " of the worst stages of the disease...
View ArticleBlack Lung Rate Hits 25-Year High In Appalachian Coal Mining States
One in five working coal miners in central Appalachia who have worked at least 25 years now suffer from the coal miners' disease black lung . That's the finding from the latest study tracking an...
View ArticleAn Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have...
Greg Kelly's grandson, Caden, scampers to the tree-shaded creek behind his grandfather's house to catch crawdads, as Kelly shuffles along, trying to keep up. Kelly's small day pack holds an oxygen tank...
View ArticleRegulators Failed To Stop An Epidemic That Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Thousands of American coal miners are suffering and dying from a disease caused by toxic dust, and now we know more about how this happened...
View ArticleCalls For Change Follow NPR/'Frontline' Black Lung Investigation
Thousands of coal miners are dying from an advanced form of black lung disease, and federal regulators could have prevented it if they had paid closer attention to their own data. That's the conclusion...
View ArticleCoal Miners Grapple With Black Lung And Their Futures After Decades On The Job
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: NPR and the PBS show "Frontline" have been investigating a resurgence of advanced black lung among coal miners across Appalachia. We found...
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