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Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year's, and federal safety officials say workers who are new to a mine have been especially vulnerable to fatal accidents.

Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year's, and federal safety officials say workers who are new to a mine have been especially vulnerable to fatal accidents.

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline survived nine years of protests, lawsuits and political wrangling that saw the Obama administration reject it and President Donald Trump revive it, but now the project faces the possibility of death by economics.

Digital voting machines are in the spotlight in Venezuela, where a maker of election systems used in the country's tumultuous constituent-assembly election said Wednesday that the turnout figure had been "tampered with ."

Digital voting machines are in the spotlight in Venezuela, where a maker of election systems used in the country's tumultuous constituent-assembly election said Wednesday that the turnout figure had been "tampered with ."

The Latest on train derailment in Pennsylvania (all times local): 11:50 a.m.

Part of a freight train derailed Wednesday morning in Pennsylvania setting three train cars afire and prompting emergency officials to evacuate nearby homes.

Electronic voting company Smartmatic was quick to blow the whistle on electoral fraud by the government of Venezuela, one of its oldest clients, because the credibility of the company and possibly its future depended on it.

Electronic voting company Smartmatic was quick to blow the whistle on electoral fraud by the government of Venezuela, one of its oldest clients, because the credibility of the company and possibly its future depended on it.

North Carolina transportation officials say workers were setting aside equipment that wasn't in use when they caused a massive power outage that drove tourists from two islands in the Outer Banks.

North Carolina transportation officials say workers were setting aside equipment that wasn't in use when they caused a massive power outage that drove tourists from two islands in the Outer Banks.

German auto bosses, ministers and state governors are considering how to reduce diesel emissions as drivers face the threat of possible bans on driving older diesel cars in some cities.

German auto bosses, ministers and state governors are considering how to reduce diesel emissions as drivers face the threat of possible bans on driving older diesel cars in some cities.

The sanctions targeting Russia stand as an act of retaliation by the Republican-led Congress against Moscow for its meddling in the 2016 presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere.

The widow of the Palestinian-Syrian software pioneer Bassel Khartabil says she has received confirmation that her husband was executed after being arrested five years ago by Syrian authorities in Damascus.

Lawsuits are pending against a construction company blamed for a power outage on North Carolina's Outer Banks, forcing visitors off the beaches and leaving tourist-dependent businesses without income.

Lawsuits are pending against a construction company blamed for a power outage on North Carolina's Outer Banks, forcing visitors off the beaches and leaving tourist-dependent businesses without income.

The Latest on a power outage to two Outer Banks islands (all times local): 9:15 p.m. Officials say they now hope to restore power fully to North Carolina's Outer Banks by Monday.

The Latest on a power outage to two Outer Banks islands (all times local): 9:15 p.m. Officials say they now hope to restore power fully to North Carolina's Outer Banks by Monday.

Wyoming is among the coal-friendliest states, but ongoing worries about how the state's first major new coal mine in decades could affect the environment and people living nearby dealt a serious setback to the project Tuesday.