Fire department investigators on Tuesday will interview the sole survivor of a Charleston, West Virginia, house fire that killed seven children and two adults over the weekend, according to Charleston police.
A Charleston, West Virginia, house where six children and two adults perished in a fast-moving fire early Saturday was scheduled to be routinely checked late last month but the inspector was asked to come back at a later time, city officials said.
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The body of former Sen. Robert Byrd is brought to the Capitol before being taken to his home state of West Virginia.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will attend Sen. Robert Byrd's memorial service in Charleston, West Virginia, on Friday, the White House stated in a press release Tuesday.
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin says crews are recovering the bodies of the four missing miners.
Coal-producing giant Massey Energy defended its safety record Monday after the worst U.S. mine disaster in decades and rebuffed calls for its CEO to step down.
Air samples from the mine where 25 miners were killed Monday are no longer explosive, and rescuers may soon begin searching for four unaccounted-for miners, a federal official said late Wednesday.
Kevin Stricklin of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration talks about rescue efforts at a West Virginia mine.
Twelve miners died Monday and more than a dozen were unaccounted for after an explosion erupted inside an underground mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, the mine's parent company said.
First responders arrive at the scene of a massive mine explosion in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
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Inspectors have found "nothing unusual" in the rest of Southwest Airlines' fleet of 737-300s after a football-sized hole in one of the jets forced an emergency landing, an airline spokeswoman said Tuesday.
A mom describes trying to take care of her kids after a hole appeared in their plane.
A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday after a football-sized hole in its fuselage caused the cabin to depressurize, an airline spokeswoman said.
Passenger Steve Hall says he and others could see a hole form in their jet's fuselage.
Chinese toy makers are out of their jobs due to decreasing demand in the West. ITN's John Ray reports.
Eleven days until the election, but suddenly there's another countdown that might weigh on Americans' minds just as heavily.
The Republican National Convention got under way in earnest on Tuesday after a day spent nervously watching the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Gustav.
A worker was killed in a Charleston, W.Va., chemical plant explosion.
One person was killed and another injured in a chemical plant explosion late Thursday near Charleston, West Virginia.
The outcome of West Virginia's primary Tuesday may best be foretold by where Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama plan to spend the day.