The latest public safety news, headlines and analysis from The NE Times.
A fireworks malfunction set the Brooklyn Bridge alight during America's 250th Independence Day show — a test of the invisible systems behind celebration.
Three children died when a storm capsized a boat on Geneva Lake, and nearly a million lost power as heat returned — a case study in overlapping summer hazards.
Extreme temperatures across the continent have moved beyond a weather story into a wider safety crisis, with dozens of heat-related deaths, school closures and warnings that Britain could see record June heat.
Two people were killed and others wounded in a shooting at a public library in Chico, California, as investigators piece together what happened and a shaken community confronts violence in a place built for quiet.
At least seven people were killed and 38 injured across the city over the weekend, according to police, intensifying the political debate over crime and federal intervention.