Coal cars wait in line to be loaded at a coal loading facility in Belle, W.Va. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
Harold Sturgill at his home in Coal City, W.Va. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
A church that clearly had a dwindling number of members sits abandoned near Eunice, W.Va. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
David Bounds of Oak Hill, W.Va., struggles with black lung disease and feels even more vulnerable to the coronavirus. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
A coal mining operation in Belle, W.Va. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
As the coronavirus hits, coal companies aim to cut the tax they pay to support black-lung miners
The nation’s coal companies, citing the economic impact of the pandemic, want to roll back their payments to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. That would leave the federal government to pick up the tab for 25,000 ailing miners.
Unemployment claims soar, signaling worst jobless rate since Great Depression
Last week’s 6.6 million applications for unemployment benefits are on top of the nearly 10 million Americans who had already applied for unemployment the two previous weeks.
Trump and top aides repeatedly use briefings to describe efforts that have not panned out
The Trump administration’s pronouncements and pledges have turned out, again and again, to be out of sync with what doctors, nurses and stricken families are reporting.
Analysis
The lesson of revised death toll estimates shouldn’t be that distancing was an overreaction
There has been an increasing focus on the question of whether we went too far. But the revised estimate was a result of new information about distancing efforts.
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Emergency public health measures have led to a 56 percent drop in unlawful border crossings from Mexico, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection now has fewer than 100 people in custody.
Linda Tripp on Dec. 14, 1998, in Washington. (AP)
America cast former White House secretary Linda Tripp as the villain in the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. History will remember her, just not in the way she ever hoped or imagined.
Climate Solutions
A warming climate means more frequent flooding that can send raw sewage into rivers and streams.
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Hundreds of young Americans have now been killed by the coronavirus, data shows
While the novel coronavirus might be most threatening to the old and compromised, no one is immune.
Perspective
John Prine’s lyrical one-liners could take your breath away
The songwriting legend, who died Tuesday of covid-19 complications, knew how to land a punchline.
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Travel photographers are taking epic nature photos using indoor optical illusions
Outdoor enthusiasts stuck at home because of the pandemic are getting creative with #OurGreatIndoors.
