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After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail a rule to slow the rise of black lung
By: Leah Willingham | Matthew Daly | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock… Read More