Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

Several workers warned about safety hazards before the blast at the munitions factory that killed 16 workers, in one of the ...

Authorities have revised the death toll from the massive explosion at a Tennessee explosives manufacturing facility to 16, ...

The families of the 16 victims killed in the devastating blast at a Tennessee explosive plant have been notified, authorities ...

All 16 people inside the building that exploded at Accurate Energetic Systems are dead, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis ...

Cynthia Abrams with NPR Member station WPLN reports from Humphreys County, where officials say at least 18 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military explosives plant.

The explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems about 50 miles (80 km) west of Nashville occurred at 7:45 a.m. local time (1245 ...