As you may have heard by now, a prominent art installation on Heidelberg Street, the Obstruction of Justice House, burned almost entirely to the groun...
As more and more people are arrested over the horrible neglect that led to so many deaths in the Bangladesh factories, one can't help but think of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911, and wonder how much has changed.
If you live in Florida, like me, the following bit of info might be of help when choosing a home insurance for your new digs. A flagrant scandal has ...
Would it surprise you to learn that the factory was used by companies who make federal uniforms? Labor rights organizations were able to photograph labels in the factory wreckage linking Tazreen to two US government contractors.
MEXICO CITY — A fire ripped through Mexico City's biggest traditional marketplace on Wednesday, causing extensive damage but no initial reports ...
OBERLIN, Ohio — Freezing temperatures hampered firefighters as a wind-whipped blaze ripped through one of the Midwest's biggest greenhouse opera...
In the last 24 hours, plenty has happened around the world. Rows of identically dressed brides and grooms attended the Unification Church's mass we...
Yesterday, on Jan. 27, the main market in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, caught fire bringing the city and the country's economy to a standstill. ...
After 1988, as I anticipated, the news just kept getting worse. Although Hazelwood involved censorship of high school student journalists, the decision has been applied to a broad range of curricular contexts, to teachers as well as students, and to higher education.
I just stood there, in a split-second of freezing January clarity, watching the inferno giving us the finger as it dangled out of my daughter's bedroom window and did its thing.
Detroit has one of the worst problems with fires in the country. As budget cuts weaken the fire department, recent documentary "BURN: One Year on the ...
How many times have you made a New Year's Resolution, only to find yourself apologizing to yourself, days or maybe even only hours later, when you find that you just cannot keep your promise?
DENVER — Police searched Friday for two men who used a pump sprayer to douse four people with a flammable liquid at a Denver apartment and then ...
Everyone has festive games they play with family for the holidays. Usually, those games are harmless fun, but every once in a while, they go too far a...
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Most don't know much about Tibet, a vast land of some of the highest peaks and widest deserts. The self-immolations are the hidden pain -- the ugly backstory -- that nobody wants to explicitly address.
A South African wedding became too hot to handle for photographer Jacki Bruniquel last month. Bruniquel was trying to capture the best shot of brid...
People deal with their debt in different ways. Some take on extra jobs, some move back in with parents to save on rent. Then some set fire to the debt...
Anthropologists have been working for decades to try to figure out why the Russian people have been so attached to vodka for so much of their nearly 2...
Burnt homes and cars, sand swept deep into neighborhood streets and seaside houses destroyed, were among the dramatic effects of Hurricane Sandy on t...
A loved one vanishes without a trace -- then more than five years pass without a single clue about his disappearance. It's a glimpse at the life o...
According to Visible Measures, the total of videos relating to Hurricane Sandy is over 500 clips and counting with over 14 millions views. Here's a compilation of some of the most viewed video clips.
A 17-year-old cat was resuscitated by firefighters this week after a fire blazed through her home. According to People magazine, Tiki Bear the cat...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese officials say a midnight fire at a nursing home has killed 12 elderly patients and injured 70 others. ...
That one man with a match has shaken an entire community of people from countries around the world who have made this sleepy corner of Ohio their home, in many cases, because of the mosque.
