Residential fires
United States players console goalkeeper Strauss Mann after losing to Slovakia 3-2 in a shoot-out in a men's quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
US men's hockey team gets noise complaint after Olympic loss

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 19, 2022 05:53 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 03, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. April 29, 2021. Editorial: Landfill scamming revelation is a huge failure by Douglas County ...

COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial

By Jim Salter Apr. 23, 2021 12:45 PM EDT
The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday declined to pause a capital murder trial for a St. Louis man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, her mom and his baby...

RIEMA, Red Cross team up to prevent home fires

Apr. 18, 2021 04:01 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency and the state chapter of the American Red Cross are teaming up to prevent home fires,...

Missouri to open vaccines to everyone beginning April 9

By Summer Ballentine Mar. 18, 2021 11:21 AM EDT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday said the homeless, minorities, restaurant workers and other vulnerable communities will be eligible...

FILE - In this June 5, 2017, file photo, released by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office shows Derick Almena at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, Calif. Family members of the 36 people killed when a fire broke out at a San Francisco warehouse during a music event urged a judge Monday, March 8, 2021, to impose the toughest sentence for Derick Almena, the master tenant of the building, or reject a plea deal he struck with prosecutors to avoid a second trial. (Alameda County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Defendant in deadly warehouse fire to serve sentence at home

Daisy Nguyen Mar. 08, 2021 09:27 PM EST

Maintenance workerLelon Armstrong shovels the sidewalk outside a parking garage in Downtown Memphis, Tenn. as below freezing temperatures grip the Mid-South on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal via AP)
The Latest: Oklahoma gov seeks federal disaster declaration

Feb. 17, 2021 11:16 AM EST

People wait in a long line to buy groceries at H-E-B on South Congress Avenue during an extreme cold snap and widespread power outage on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Millions endure record cold without power; at least 20 dead

By Bryan Anderson Feb. 16, 2021 08:23 AM EST

Smoke rises from a fire at migrant camp Lipa, Wednesday, Dec 23, 2020, near Bihac in western Bosnia. A huge fire has broken out at a migrant camp in northwestern Bosnia which has been in the focus of rights groups because of poor conditions in the tent facility.  Thick black smoke could be seen rising Wednesday from parts of the Lipa camp near the Croatian border which currently houses some 1,200 migrants.  The cause of the fire was not immediately known as migrants were seen running away in panic. There were no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Hasan Arnautovic)
Fire breaks out at squalid migrant camp in Bosnia

Dec. 23, 2020 10:19 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2020 03:38 PM EST
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ Nov. 30 The Johnson City Press on a local track...

Protesters burn down bengal fire as they attend in the annual Independence Day march organized by far-right groups for participants to be inside cars or motorbikes because of the coronavirus social distancing, ready for the start of the event in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. The march that marks Poland's sovereignty regained after World War I has often led to clashes with opponents. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Clashes at Poland's Independence Day far-right march

By Monika Scislowska Nov. 11, 2020 09:52 AM EST

Lori Goldman canvasses in Troy, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. For most of her life, until 2016, Goldman had been politically apathetic. Had you offered her $1 million, she says, she could not have described the branches of government in any depth. She voted, sometimes. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
'Our house is on fire': Suburban women lead a Trump revolt

By Claire Galofaro Oct. 19, 2020 12:12 AM EDT

Alison Jones poses for a portrait outside her home in Rochester, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Trump’s description of the suburbs seems to Jones like nostalgia for “a `Leave it to Beaver’ time” when people who look like her could not have lived in her subdivision, where no house costs less than $1 million. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
'Our house is on fire': Suburban women lead charge vs. Trump

By Claire Galofaro Oct. 19, 2020 12:11 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Oct. 05, 2020 09:00 AM EDT
The Mining Journal. October 2, 2020 Fire Prevention Month a good time to take inventory On Thursday, Gov. Gretchen...

The Directors Guild of America headquarters is pictured on April 16, 2020, in Los Angeles. Hollywood's unions announced Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, that they have reached an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television after six months of empty sets and widespread unemployment. The Directors Guild of America, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Basic Crafts unions and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists jointly announced the deal reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after months of planning and negotiating. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
The Latest: Hollywood unions announce pandemic agreement

By The Associated Press Sep. 21, 2020 01:24 AM EDT

Migrants try to extinguish a small fire in a field near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Thousands of asylum-seekers spent a fourth night sleeping in the open on the Greek island of Lesbos, after successive fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp during a coronavirus lockdown. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Thousands left homeless by Greek refugee camp fire protest

By Iliana Mier And Elena Becatoros Sep. 12, 2020 04:21 AM EDT

Migrants flee from the Moria refugee camp during a second fire, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire struck again Wednesday night in Greece's notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, a day after a blaze swept through it and left thousands in need of emergency shelter. The fires caused no injuries, but they renewed criticism of Europe's migration policy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
New fire breaks out in crowded refugee camp on Greek island

By Elena Becatoros And Nicholas Paphitis Sep. 08, 2020 11:07 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the Horry County Frie Rescue, multiple structure fires burn Aug. 4. 2020, in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Hurricane Isaias sparked five home fires in town, Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith told WECT-TV. (Horry County Fire Rescue via AP)
Isaias downgraded to tropical storm over eastern N. Carolina

By Sarah Blake Morgan Aug. 03, 2020 11:48 PM EDT

Jury: Washington state liable in Powell boys' deaths

Jul. 31, 2020 08:23 PM EDT
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found that Washington state officials were partially responsible for the deaths of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell's...

FILE - In this July 2, 2013, file photo, a family purchases fireworks at a TNT Fireworks stand in the City of Monterey Park, Calif. With fewer professional celebrations on July 4, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many Americans are bound to shoot off fireworks in backyards and at block parties. And they already are: Sales have been booming. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
More fireworks in Americans' hands for July 4 raises risks

By Suman Naishadham Jul. 03, 2020 12:25 PM EDT