Authorities say they’re investigating the death of a man who apparently fell off the top floor of an Albany hospital’s parking garage. Police and fire crews responding to an emergency call from a hospital worker around 9:30 a.m. Monday found …
Bayern Munich defender Breno is the target of an arson investigation following a fire that gutted his house earlier this week. The Bundesliga club said it was not aware of the investigation and that the player has been given a …
An arson investigation that led to a possible wrongful conviction and subsequent execution in Texas highlights the important role science and technology play in fire investigations. Cameron Willingham was convicted and executed of setting a house fire that killed three …
State officials are still investigating the causes behind wind-swept fires that burned last year in a number of Detroit neighborhoods, and the response by a city utility to reports of power outages and downed wires. The Michigan Public Service Commission, …
A Chinese authority says the local unit of ConocoPhillips has found nine oil spill sources amid intensifying pressure on the company to clean up oil spills in the Bohai Bay. The North China Sea branch of the State Oceanic Administration …
Safety investigators are looking into possible transmission problems in some 2011 and 2012 Ford Mustang models and fuel lines in 2011 Volkswagen Jettas. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects says on its website Sunday that it has …
Several La Vista businesses have been damaged in a fire authorities have deemed suspicious. A release from the city says the fire was reported about 5:40 a.m. Wednesday at the Brentwood Business Center. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames …
The French agency investigating the 2009 plane crash over the Atlantic says it has dropped a recommendation that air safety authorities study whether stall alarms function properly. The BEA agency said Wednesday after a string of critical media reports that …
Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was in the Marines. …
A fish containing radioactive material turned up in the Connecticut River near Entergy Corp’s Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, state health regulators said Tuesday, another potential setback to Entergy’s effort to keep it running. The state said it needs to …