Notwithstanding the remark’s implied cynicism, crises — either real or merely perceived — can make or break political ... shortcomings of the city’s fire department. Politico reports ...

“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” Stanford economist Paul Romer said at a venture capital seminar 21 years ago, referring to the increasing levels of education in other countries that would ...

An assistant manager who set fire to his own hotel after being ejected from a party for making people 'uncomfortable' has been jailed. Vimal Verma, 43, forced nearly 50 people to be evacuated in ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

A group of firefighters work to make a fire break in an effort to contain a brushfire on a hillside above Camino Del Norte in Rancho Bernardo on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Hayne Palmour IV / For ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

A three-phase cease-fire was reached between Hamas and Israel last weekend, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States. The first phase began last Sunday when Israel released 90 Palestinians from ...

In some disasters, especially large ones like the Lahaina, Hawaii, fire in 2023, nonprofits also act as coordinators. They make sure that volunteers, donations and other resources flow to people ...

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains claimed the lives of at least 76 people on Tuesday. Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection the ...

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