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An investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity found federal regulators and the mining industry are failing to protect miners from the excessive toxic coal mine dust that causes black lung. The disease is now being diagnosed in younger miners and evolving more quickly to complicated stages.

Over a decade ago, Britton Nicholas Newlife bet with a bookmaker that Roger Federer would win Wimbledon seven times. The bet was for $2,300 and the odds were 66-1. Newlife died three years ago, but he left his betting ticket to the international charity Oxfam. On Sunday, Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title. Oxfam will receive more than $150,000 in winnings.

Deer stands are those small platforms hunters set up in trees to get a better view. In some deer hunting areas in Minnesota, they've grown into veritable tree houses with stairs, shingled roofs, windows, heaters and lounge chairs.

The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates around 12,000 of those killed have been civilians.

Amid a budget dispute, the mayor slashed pay for city employees, and has so far ignored a court order to restore it.

A new state rating system gives most of New Mexico's schools passing grades, although the bulk of those are Cs and Ds.Governor Susana Martinez on Monday…

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is lifting all fire restrictions in New Mexico.The lifting of restrictions slated for Tuesday comes after more areas in…

Most family doctors don't do the math to figure out whether their patients are obese. It's one reason among many that doctors on the front lines are unlikely to be the solution for country's weight problem.

David Callaway, editor-in-chief at MarketWatch, takes over the top spot at the newspaper.

There were 3.6 million jobs open and ready to be filled in May if the right candidates came along, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning. So why aren't more people getting work? Maybe too many employers are being too picky.