ZUOYUN, China – Rescuers searching for 57 coal miners trapped by an underground flood began pumping water from their mine early Tuesday but there was no word on whether any miners were believed to be alive five days after the disaster. The pumping began after a lengthy delay that state …

WASHINGTON – Employers added 211,000 jobs in a springtime hiring burst that benefited almost all sectors of the economy and lowered the national unemploment rate to 4.7 percent. The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, suggested that an accelerating economic expansion is putting companies in the hiring …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” May 7, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Gary Johnson has been a successful businessman and Iron Man tri-athlete and a two-term governor of New Mexico. And now that man that once …

WASHINGTON – The government won’t be ready for another major disaster such as Hurricane Katrina unless the Pentagon takes a more aggressive role in the federal response, congressional investigators said Monday. Poor planning and confusion about the military’s role contributed to problems after the storm struck on Aug. 29, 2005, …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A powerful earthquake hit deep under the South Pacific late Tuesday north of New Zealand, and it rocked a wide area of the country, but no damage or injuries were reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a bulletin saying the magnitude 7.4 quake had not …

Tropical storm Chanchu finished its swipe across the central Philippines on Saturday, leaving at least 25 dead and four missing, blowing a ferry full of passengers aground and forcing Southeast Asian trade ministers to shift their annual retreat from a resort island to the capital. The coast guard said 21 …

HARTFORD, Conn – A man imprisoned more than 18 years for kidnapping and raping a woman was released Tuesday after new forensic tests showed evidence from the crime did not match his DNA. James Calvin Tillman, 44, told his family he wanted to take a quiet walk for the first …

GULU, Uganda – Pit latrines hum with flies next to crowded mud huts. Women line up for hours to get fresh water from a well, their children playing in the puddle around it. Men sit around listlessly. A drunkard staggers by. Conditions in the Unyama refugee camp may be bad, …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 14, 2006, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: All right, well, no English, no cheesesteak, that is the policy over at Geno’s Cheesesteaks in Philadelphia. And the owner is sticking to it. Now, since his appearance …

NEW LONDON, Conn. – A Coast Guard cadet accused of rape and other sex offenses was a manipulative senior who preyed on lonely women, a prosecutor said Tuesday in opening arguments at the defendant’s court-martial. Webster Smith, 22, of Houston pleaded not guilty Monday in the first student court-martial in …