These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving story of the United States.

Carp writes in “The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution.” The fire destroyed about a fifth of New York. Benjamin Franklin was among those who vigorously ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed up safety ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark $400 million to revitalize the capital of New York, where poverty rates are high and the downtown is moribund. By Jay Root The girl was unconscious when ...

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INVOLVED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. MULTIPLE NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE CREWS HELPED PUT OUT A BURNING GARAGE IN NEW YORK IN THE SNOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES HERE. THIS WAS A COMMERCIAL GARAGE AND CREWS ...

There are an uncountable number of small, mom-and-pop diners located on almost every back road and highway across Upstate New York. For this gallery we narrow that down a bit. Here are a bunch of ...

Within the five boroughs, the most snow fell in the Bronx, where 4.6 inches was ...

A family of six, including three children, died this week in a house fire near the Saint Lawrence River in Upstate New York. The fast-moving blaze occurred at a single-family home just before 10 p ...

Rat: How did The Great Fire of London start? (SINGS) Something’s burning, something’s burning. Fetch the ketchup, fetch the ketchup… BBQ! BBQ! It’s burnt and it’s crispy.Before ovens ...