Colder nights push boilers, stoves and fireplaces back into daily use. A silent hazard follows them indoors without warning. As temperatures drop, ...

A faculty member at Findley Oaks Elementary School holds a Centegix crisis alert badge during a training on Monday, March 20, 2023. Emergency alert systems have spread quickly to schools around the ...

Acting State Fire Marshal Jason Mowbray called on Maryland residents Oct. 29, 2025, to test smoke alarms and carbon monoxide ...

The U.S. government shutdown is affecting everything from state unemployment reports to food stamps and the judiciary, ...

In an era of strained police resources, the privatization of unverified alarm response may be the answer to easing tensions ...

A slow start in the NFL can quickly snowball into a lost season, and history isn't kind to teams that stumble out of the gate. Since the league expanded the postseason field in 1990, fewer than 13% of ...

Few things are more frustrating than getting locked out of your car, especially if a dysfunctional key fob is the culprit. Conversely, there are, no doubt, some adventure-seeking drivers out there who ...

After more than 200 years, one of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous inventions, bifocal spectacles, could undergo a major makeover. Researchers have devised a way to electronically switch the strength ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – “It breaks my heart. It just breaks my heart every time I hear about these explosions, because it’s preventable,” Katie Moody said. Tragedy struck Moody’s family in January ...

The coveted wheelie. The oldest, but most impressive trick in the book. Some people can, some people can't. Those who can't wish they could. But making a mistake while doing a wheelie could mean an ...

Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) warned that GOP redistricting efforts in the Lone Star State represent a “five-alarm fire” and urged Democrats to push back. “This is a five-alarm fire, what’s happening in ...

Ianthe Philips, 54, a first-generation U.S. citizen of Jamaican heritage, expressed deep concern about the direction of current birthright policies. She argues that targeting birthright citizenship is ...