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For decades, miners have called for limits on highly toxic silica dust, which they're exposed to while mining. An investigation shows its impact and the weakness of proposed rules to protect them.

The company said Monday unionized workers won't be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores.

Ohio could become the seventh state to pass abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.

If the federal law falls, so would similar laws in most states, and other important gun laws.

Today marks one month since Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 and taking more than 200 hostages. The Supreme Court hears arguments in a gun rights and domestic violence case.

Colorado voters faced with several ballot initiatives this cycle.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has beaten his Republican challenger. Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, and the race saw national politics as a primary issue.

India's past and future clash in a New Delhi alley. Two blocks of tall apartments full of middle-class residents loom over a rat-infested slum filled with men, women and children who have migrated to the capital from the countryside in search of work.

Large regions of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan cite widespread destruction after a deadly earthquake Saturday. Deaths are estimated in the tens of thousands. Rescue and relief crews are rushing to devastated areas.

Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says Afghan and U.S. forces foiled an attempt by the Taliban to blow up a dam on the eve of national elections. U.S. officials have not confirmed the plot against the dam in the southwestern part of Afghanistan. Afghan authorities say 20 people were arrested after a three-hour gun battle.