A look at America’s most devastating industrial explosions—from sugar dust to munitions—and the recurring safety failures that turned workplaces into death traps.
A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman gravestone unearthed in a New Orleans yard has unraveled a transatlantic mystery linking ancient Rome, WWII soldiers, and modern repatriation efforts.
A catastrophic explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in Hickman County, Tennessee, has left at least 19 people missing and multiple dead, with the facility’s past safety violations now under scrutiny.
The Nobel Committee is probing a sudden spike in bets on María Corina Machado just before her 2025 Peace Prize announcement, amid fears of a confidentiality breach.
A French appeals court has rejected the final appeal in the Gisèle Pelicot rape case, extending the appellant’s sentence and bringing a definitive end to the legal proceedings.
The Texas high court has stopped the execution of Robert Roberson, convicted in a shaken baby case, ordering a new hearing based on evolving medical science that questions his guilt.
Federal authorities have arrested Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, for allegedly starting the Palisades Fire—a blaze that began as a small New Year’s Day incident and later devastated Pacific Palisades.
A devastating collapse at a Madrid hotel renovation site claimed four lives, revealing a history of structural warnings and raising serious safety concerns.
The New Jersey Attorney General has launched a formal investigation into Uber, probing whether the company committed consumer fraud by misleading the public about its safety measures concerning sexual assaults on its platform.
The New York Times team returned to Gaza to reconnect with over 700 people they interviewed since the war began—documenting how lives have changed amid ongoing devastation.