Dec 08 Watch News Wrap: House Democrats Push $1.2 Trillion Government-Funding Plan In other news Wednesday, House Democrats moved to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year to the tune of $1.2 trillion. The measure would freeze the budgets of most Cabinet departments. Continue watching
Oct 14 Chile’s Mine Rescue: Costs and Benefits By Larisa Epatko The complicated mission to save 33 men from the collapsed San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, which ended successfully Wednesday night, will cost an estimated $10 million to $20 million, according to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera. Continue reading
Oct 13 Developing: Rescue Operation for Chilean Miners Updated 8:55 p.m. ET Luiz Alberto Urzua becomes the 33rd and last miner to exit the mine in Chile. The shift foreman exited the mine to absolute jubilation from the crowds. As the New York Times… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Operation Underway to Rescue Chilean Miners Washington Post reporter Jonathan Franklin provides an update from the scene of a rescue operation to free 33 trapped Chilean miners. Continue watching
Oct 12 Graphic: Chilean Miners’ Trip to the Surface By Larisa Epatko Thirty-three men have been trapped in a gold and copper mine in Copiapo, Chile, since it collapsed on Aug. 5. Starting late Tuesday, a pod painted in the colors of the Chilean flag will begin lifting them one-by-one to the… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Rescue of Chilean Miners Nears, but Risks Remain As rescuers prepare to evacuate the trapped Chilean miners, risks remain to the safe return of the all the men. Ray Suarez talks to Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News, who is on the scene in Chile. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Steel Tubing to Help Pull Chilean Miners to Surface Freedom for 33 trapped Chilean miners is growing closer as rescuers finish installing steel tubing that will help bring the miners to the surface. Garent Vincent of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Rescuers Pin Hopes on ‘Plan B’ to Free Trapped Chilean Miners Chilean authorities have been hard at work on three plans for rescuing 33 miners who have been trapped underground since Aug. 5. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on the mounting drama and excitement as the race to free… Continue watching
Oct 08 Timeline: Trapped Chilean Miners May Be Near Rescue Site where rescued miners will be pulled. Photo by Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty Images Rescue workers burrowing toward Chilean miners trapped a half-mile below the surface could possibly reach the 33 men by Friday night or Saturday and start extracting… Continue reading
Sep 13 Problems With San Jose Mine Emerge in Wake of Trapped Miners’ Ordeal COPIAPO, Chile | For about a month now, most of the international stories about the Chilean mine disaster have been about what many people see as a miracle: that all 33 miners survived the cave-in that took place on… Continue reading