A Fall River fire chief is calling for a national code change after recalled sprinkler heads failed during the Gabriel House ...

Fall River fire officials are calling for updated state and national fire codes nearly one year after a deadly fire<a ...

As we adjust our print schedule, launch a new website and rely on the U.S. Postal Service for delivery, please know these changes were not made lightly. They were made with our readers in mind — and ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The Niagara Falls Fire Department battled blaze that could ultimately result in the vacant building being torn down. The fire happened Wednesday evening on the 2220 block of ...

Hong Kong’s deadliest inferno in decades was a result of a “systemic failure” in public policy, two fire engineering experts have said, citing the lack of strategies to fight flames on the facades of ...

States and cities are debating building code changes—like single-stair apartments and relaxed electrical/fire rules—to reduce ...

TACOMA, Wash. — City officials say Tacoma’s Temple Theatre has been posted with a “Do Not Occupy” order after a recent roof fire led to the discovery that spaces inside the commercial venue were being ...

A landlord in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood is facing a lawsuit after allegedly allowing tenants to live in a fire-damaged building. City Attorney David Chiu's office announced Thursday that ...

A former NFL player was sentenced to prison for over 16 years for a $197 million Medicare fraud scheme. Joel Rufus French, who played for the Seattle Seahawks, was convicted in February of conspiracy ...

Plummeting test scores, political activism in the classroom, and a school board spending a staggering $150 million on a school it doesn’t need. That’s just the beginning of the dysfunction parents are ...

Block Island's historic Harborside Inn is being rebuilt nearly three years after it was destroyed by a fire. The new hotel will have 32 rooms and a modern interior but will maintain the historic ...

A five-story, mixed-use development will occupy the vacant block along Route 14 in Fox River Grove after the village board gave the plan a thumbs-up. Developers Harlem Irving Companies, Hamilton ...