Officially, street pigeons are not vermin, like rats, another species of barefoot city dweller, with which they are often ...

If they brush shoulders with malevolent AIs, the consequences may be dire, but perhaps they can escape back to the lower regions, where the slowness of thought prevents them from being pursued. There ...

A malfunctioning fire department ladder sent a 53-year-old Brooklyn man tumbling to his death during a caught-on-video Monday morning mishap.

HE IS A 23 YEAR VETERAN FIREFIGHTER. LIEUTENANT MARK BOWER WAS ON DUTY CLIMBING AN AERIAL LADDER, HELPING TO PUT OUT A FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE ROOF OF A BUILDING ON SARATOGA STREET NEAR ...

Firefighters rescued several people using ladders after a fire in an apartment stairwell early this morning. The fire broke out just before 5 a.m. Thursday at a garden apartment complex along ...

Guests used furniture as an "improvised ladder" to try to escape after the Bayesian superyacht capsized last year, a new safety report has said. The interim report by the Marine Accident ...

A house fire in south Reno early Tuesday morning claimed the life of one person, while two others managed to escape ... Eight engines and two ladder trucks from TMFR and Reno Fire, along with ...

CUMBERLAND — No injuries were reported late Tuesday when fire broke out in a two-story residence at 11507 West Wilson Road northeast in Flintstone, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's ...

Crews managed to quickly put the fire out and evacuate the building. Three people were hurt, and one died. His roommate, Muhammad Rashid, said the man who died was trying to come down the ladder ...