AP - A coal mine explosion that may have been sparked by lightning trapped 13 miners underground Monday, setting off an urgent rescue operation, authorities said.

AP - An ice rink roof collapsed onto dozens of skaters after heavy snowfall in the Bavarian Alps on Monday, killing at least five people, including two children, and trapping other victims between piles of debris and the frozen surface of the rink.

AP - Authorities went house to house in a search for victims in burned-out towns Monday as firefighters in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma battled grass fires across the drought-stricken region.