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The coal industry has been declining for decades, leaving a disrupted, and often dangerous, landscape in its wake. Now, a federal program seeks to revitalize abandoned mine land.

Colin Meloy, best known as the Decemberists' front man, is also a novelist. His newest book is the second in a series for young readers, called Wildwood Chronicles. The book catches up with its precocious protagonist, Prue, who leaves the seventh grade to return to the magical world of Wildwood.

Special counsel Jack Smith's team asked for a "narrow, well-defined" order restricting the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.

In a new book, journalist Jenny Nordberg writes about the bacha posh, young girls who dress up like boys to enjoy the freedoms of being an Afghan male for as long as they can.

Black Mauritanians face ethnic discrimination and violence in their West African home country. They come to Ohio for a better life, but advocates say more needs to be done to protect their legal status in the U.S.

The nonprofit, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an "extremist anti-government" group, is running school board candidates nationwide, including in Hamilton County.

A bipartisan piece of legislation, Senate Bill 173, would protect election officials' personal information, just as police and firefighters have had for many years.

Interest in cut-resistant neck guards is surging: "That could be one of the positive things that might come out of this terrible tragedy," said Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan.

Pakistan's military is waging an offensive against the Taliban, and the outcome is uncertain. But nearly a half-million civilians have already fled their homes in an area that has few resources.

Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long unemployment stays high, economists say. And as long as consumers remain frugal, companies will be reluctant to hire aggressively. But is a modest rate of growth of 2 percent to 3 percent better for the U.S. in the long run?