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More Bodies Found in China Mine Collapse, 48 Remain Missing

ALXA LEAGUE, China (AP) — Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the confirmed death …

Man Dies in Cave-In at Indiana Road Construction Site

Police say a man working at a northern Indiana highway construction site was killed when a hillside gave way and buried him. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Department says 30-year-old Arthur Kerns died in Friday afternoon’s collapse, which occurred just north …

4 Miners Dead in Cave-In at North Mexico Coal Mine

Four miners have been killed in an explosion that caved in part of a coal mine in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila. The Minerales de Monclova company says Friday’s accident at its La Esmeralda mine was caused by …