A powerful drill could reach 33 trapped miners Saturday, but rescuers face difficult engineering and medical decisions in the remaining days of the unprecedented effort.
Virginia Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, has accepted large contributions for her new political nonprofit group, raising questions for some who study judicial ethics.
AP - The walls of a red sludge reservoir in Hungary were "very likely" going to collapse, the prime minister said Saturday as the government rushed to prevent another deluge like the one earlier this week that killed at least seven people.
AP - Iran revealed for the first time Saturday that some personnel at the country's nuclear facilities were lured by promises of money to pass secrets to the West, but that increased security and worker privileges have put a stop to the spying.
A rescue shaft is less than 200 feet away from reaching the underground chamber where the Chilean miners have been entombed since August 5, and Chilean authorities say the men could be pulled to freedom within days.
Jailed Dissident Liu Xiabo Wins Nobel Peace Prize; Rights Groups Applaud as China Fumes. ABC News interviewed Liu in 2008, one of his last appearances before he was jailed.
More than 1,000 teachers in Kenya have been fired over the past two years for sexually abusing girls. The allegations range from inappropriate kissing and touching to impregnating girls as young as 12.
Sirens go off at the mine mine site in Copiapo, Chile, indicating that the breakthrough has happened. Thirty-three men have been trapped in the mine since August 5.
A British aid worker held hostage in eastern Afghanistan since late last month was killed by her captors during a rescue attempt on Friday, a top British official said Saturday.
Authorities were evacuating a Hungarian village Saturday after they found new damage in the reservoir that caused a toxic sludge spill this week, an emergency services spokeswoman told CNN.
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