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Black lung disease—which afflicted coal miners decades ago—has re-emerged at rates never before seen. This while the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, funded by a tax on the coal industry, is being drained. Legal journalist Mollye Barrows sits down with RT America’s Manila Chan to discuss. A federal jury has decided against agrochemical giant Monsanto, concluding the company’s weed killer contributed to the cancer of 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman. RT’s Trinity Chavez reports. President Donald Trump has nominated Steve Dickson, a former Delta Airlines executive, to become the new administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. RT’s Ashlee Banks reports from Washington, DC’s Ronald Reagan International Airport. A new documentary film called “Tigerland” by Academy Award-winning director Ross Kauffman explores efforts to conserve tigers in Russia and India. RT America’s Manila Chan sits down with Kauffman.