LONDON (AP) — An inquiry is due to start into the fire at London's Grenfell Tower high-rise, which killed 72 people almost a year ago.
The judge-led inquiry aims to find the causes o...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A police official says two people have been killed in a collapsed building in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
Pius Masai Mwachi of the National Disaster Manageme...
LONDON (AP) — Ahmed Elgwahry stood outside Grenfell Tower with a phone to his ear and listened as his mother and sister died in the inferno that swept through the west London high-rise nearly a year a...
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston has approved new building regulations that will dictate how high new homes and other structures must be elevated to avoid floodwaters.
The City Council approve...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's supreme court has approved a large private urban development project on the prime seaside site of the old Athens airport, which is a key element of the country's bailout...
LONDON (AP) — The head of a government-ordered inquiry into the London tower block fire that killed at least 80 people has acknowledged that survivors feel a "great sense of anger and betrayal."
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MIAMI (AP) — After a catastrophic Hurricane Andrew revealed how lax building codes had become in the country's most storm-prone state, Florida began requiring sturdier construction. Now, experts say a...
LONDON (AP) — The deaths of 79 people in a London apartment tower have triggered emergency inspections, evacuations and soul searching among British officials who failed to prevent the tragedy.
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LONDON (AP) — The deaths of 79 people in a London apartment tower have triggered emergency inspections, evacuations and soul searching among British officials who failed to prevent the tragedy.
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LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the London high-rise fire (all times local):
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Britain has held a moment of silence for the 79 people who are believed to have die...
LONDON (AP) — London police say that the number of dead or missing in the high-rise apartment building fire is now 79.
Police Commander Stuart Cundy gave the new figure during a stat...
LONDON (AP) — The official cause may not be known for months. The death toll is unclear — and rising. No one has said exactly where the fire started. But experts suspect recent renovations at the Gren...
