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Eleven people were injured and hospitalized, while 58 others managed to get out of the mine on their own or were rescued unharmed, officials said.

Every night for thousands of years, bats have poured out of the Bracken Cave Reserve, near San Antonio, by the millions. But conservationists are worried that plans for a housing development nearby will disrupt the bats' rural habitat.

A supporter of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says some supporters of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi have engaged in violence. Mostafa Hessami, a 23-year-old student of software engineering in Mashhad, Iran, says he supports Ahmadinejad for his economic and foreign policies.

An earthquake early Tuesday in the south Pacific sent tsunami waves crashing into Samoa and American Samoa. Charles McCreery, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, says he isn't sure if the warning reached people in time. But, he says, there would have been natural warning signs of a tsunami.

At least 122 Americans were killed in Iraq in May, the third-highest monthly toll since the U.S.-led invasion. An rise in forces was aimed at giving the Iraqi government a chance to end internal conflicts. Is it working?

Talks have been underway since June 7. The union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers remain at odds on issues like the use of artificial intelligence and streaming residuals.

The list of unaccounted for once contained more than 2,000 names, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said. The death toll rose to 115 people Monday.

There have been more than a thousand official sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, the Loch Ness Centre says. Nessie enthusiasts are deploying new tools this weekend to try and prove it's real.

Three people have died during a night of air strikes and intense shelling across Ukraine, officials said Sunday, as Kyiv's military exchanged fire with Russian occupation forces.

Turkish troops, backed by tanks and warplanes, moved into northern Iraq on Friday to hunt down Kurdish separatist guerrillas of the PKK, who have been launching raids into Turkey from Iraqi territory. Turkey says the guerrillas are their only target. It's unclear how many troops are involved.

IKEA exiled designers to a research station in Utah modeled after a living situation on the planet Mars. They hope the experience will inspire them to create similar spaces around the world.

It was a day of aftershocks, funerals and frantic rescues Sunday in Morocco. More than 2,100 people are confirmed dead since Friday's earthquake.

An analysis of Medicare data finds many cancer patients are getting aggressive care toward the end of life. The intensive approach might not be best for them and adds to the drain on Medicare's budget.

Heavy rain from Ophelia will also pose a risk of flash flooding from Virginia to New Jersey, according to the National Hurricane Center.

When the driest place in North America and one of the hottest places on Earth becomes a desert oasis complete with a lake, it's impossible not to take note.

Authorities called off the search early Monday. After initially fearing that dozens could still be trapped under the rubble, searches led them to believe no one remained unaccounted for.

An American F-16 shot down an armed Turkish drone in northeast Syria. Officials said it was the first time the U.S. shot down an aircraft from Turkey, a NATO ally.

For 30 years, a pair of snow fanatics in Colorado have prided themselves on being on the first chair to head up the slopes every winter. It takes a lot of strategy.

The Israeli military says it has encircled Gaza's second largest city, where fierce battles with Hamas continue. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands have fled further south.

At a time when jazz was not widely seen in higher education, the alto saxophonist brought the wisdom learned on the bandstand to the classroom.