Safety Doors Failed in NYC High-Rise Fire That Killed 17 January 12, 2022 By David Porter, Michelle L. Price and Michael R. Sisak NEW YORK (AP)–Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New... Read More
Families of Crew From Sunken Fishing Vessel Get Nearly $1M January 11, 2022 PORTLAND, Maine (AP)–A judge has awarded nearly $1 million in damages to the families of four fishermen who died when... Read More
Several With Grave Injuries After NYC Fire That Killed 19 January 11, 2022 By David Porter, Bobby Caina Calvan and Michelle L. Price NEW YORK (AP) –Doctors worked Monday to save the lives of multiple people gravely injured when smoke from a fire... Read More
Five-Alarm Fire in the Bronx Leaves 19 Dead, Injures Dozens January 10, 2022 By Bre Bradham An apartment building fire Sunday morning in the Bronx killed 19 people, including nine children. The five-alarm fire at 333... Read More
Eight Children, Two Mothers Among Dead in Philadelphia House Fire January 7, 2022 By Ron Todt and Claudia Lauer PHILADELPHIA (AP)–Two sisters and several of their children were among the 12 people killed when a fire tore through a... Read More
Editor's Picks N.Y. Court Reverses SWCB, Awards Benefits to Widow of World Trade Center Recovery Worker January 7, 2022 By Jim Sams A New York appellate court on Thursday reversed the State Workers’ Compensation Board and awarded death benefits to a court... Read More
Philadelphia Fire Kills at Least 13, Including 7 Children January 6, 2022 By Ron Todt and Claudia Lauer PHILADELPHIA (AP)–A large fire tore through a two-unit house early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 13 people, including seven children, and... Read More
Drivers Snowed-In All Night as Crews Work to Reopen I-95 Near DC January 4, 2022 By Andras Gergely and Ari Natter A pileup of tractor trailers in Virginia shut down Interstate 95, the U.S. East Coast’s major north-south artery, during a... Read More
Pennsylvania Fire Departments Facing Volunteerism Emergency December 27, 2021 By Justin Strawser SUNBURY, Pa. (AP)–The state of volunteer firefighting is in a crisis. That is the assessment of Acting Pennsylvania State Fire... Read More
Pennsylvania Supreme: Non-Treating Providers May Not Intervene in Utilization Review December 23, 2021 By Jim Sams In Pennsylvania, if an insurer contends that a medical service, drug or device is unnecessary, it must resolve the dispute... Read More