The focus of the new effort will likely fall on soft-story wood-frame buildings that were constructed before 1977, a type that the study deemed as particularly vulnerable. Palo Alto had about 294 ...

I didn’t know at the time I was the first Black hire, but I hoped that I could open the door for others," Jimmy Smith said.

The Rochester Fire Department has responded to 91 fires so far this year. Chief Napolitano said many were preventable.

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Education Secretary Sonny Angara led the groundbreaking of the 12-story building at the Don Vicente Rama Memorial National High School in Cebu City. The project, designed to withstand natural ...

Sixteen people were displaced after a fire tore through a four-story residential building in Jamaica Plain Saturday night, according to the Boston Fire Department. The three-alarm fire broke out ...

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Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and other soft drinks are being recalled across Europe because of safety fears, after the discovery of high levels of a chemical by-product from chlorine disinfectants.

Dan is a senior editor at Raw Story based in Colorado, producing and editing breaking political news. Dan previously worked as a news associate at The Associated Press in Philadelphia, and later ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A developer is requesting conceptual approval from the City of Charleston for the new multi-family 4-story building with 61 units on Maybank Highway. The 61-unit building ...