A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 17, 2025. Drivers on Interstate 80 long have grappled with gridlock, sun glare and other unavoidable headaches of traveling in a densely ...

NEW JERSEY — An unstable crater in the forest floor is just another reminder of the state's rich mining history and the many tunnels left behind and hiding just under the surface. Timothy Rack stands ...

A sinkhole roughly the depth and width of a four-story building on a busy stretch of Interstate 80 in Wharton was caused by the collapse of an abandoned mineshaft, forcing workers to undergo sizeable ...

The collapse of an abandoned mineshaft created a giant sinkhole that took out the shoulder and right lane of I-80 east in Morris County, closing part of the busy highway, state officials said Friday.

Preliminary information suggests the man "may have been preparing to descend into the mine when the edge gave way" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

IRON COUNTY, Utah (WKRC) - A man fell nearly 50 feet into an abandoned mine. According to PEOPLE, citing information from the Iron County Search and Rescue, a man fell approximately 50 feet into an ...

Dave Hoffman of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute holds up a vial of light rare earth oxides at a facility that separates them from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal ...