Citing Cancer Risk, Fire Departments Switch to Gear Free of Forever Chemicals September 3, 2025 By Michael Casey Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk...
False Reports of Campus Shooters Led to Lockdowns at Universities August 26, 2025 By Holly Ramer, Michael Casey and MATT SLOCUM False reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday led to panic...
How Responders Rescued Steel Plant Workers; Search for Cause of Blast Underway August 14, 2025 By Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Casey and Marc Levy Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in...
Deadly Massachusetts Fire Highlights Assisted Living Regulation, Staffing July 17, 2025 By Michael Casey and Michelle R. Smith The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on...
Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts July 15, 2025 By Holly Ramer, Patrick Whittle, Kimberlee Kruesi and Michael Casey Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out...
Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Takes 9 Lives, Injures 30 July 14, 2025 By Michael Casey and Kimberlee Kruesi Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of...
Ex-State Trooper Found Guilty of Taking Bribes to Pass Commercial Drivers May 6, 2025 By Michael Casey A former Massachusetts state police sergeant was found guilty Friday of taking part in a scheme to take bribes, including...
Earthquake in Maine Rattles Houses, Nerves Across Northeast January 28, 2025 By Patrick Whittle and Michael Casey A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt...
US Chamber, Oil Firms Sue Vermont for Making Companies Pay for Climate Damage January 6, 2025 By Michael Casey and Lisa Rathke The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new...
New ‘Revolution’ in Firefighting, Crop Protection: Unmanned Helicopters? November 22, 2024 By Michael Casey When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying...