… Mid-July, 64 CE, in the heart of Rome , tragedy struck as fire erupted into a massive inferno. The blaze killed … the city ablaze or merely preside over the disaster ? The firefighting techniques used by Nero’s men have also been … While the trustworthiness of contemporary accounts of the fire have long been questioned and debated, the academic …

… A fire in New York City over a century ago has shaped your … you may not realize.  The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 workers, mostly Jewish or Italian immigrant … and politicians had not put profits before people, the fire might not have happened, or if it did, workers could …

… Russia’s Trial by Fire …

… TALKING ABOUT TODAY Come Firew-alk With Me by Bertie Bregman he evening began with a … use a little yoga to help loosen meup. My first exposure to firewalking came four years ago, at a New York club. My … out. Tracy sold insurance by day, but her real passion was firewalking. She spoke about it in quasi-religious terms, …

… it’s also the work of humans. This week, two massive wildfires ignited in the San Diego County backcountry and began … inundated with water, the city is surrounded by smoke and fire. Certainly nature played an enormous role in events … put them out their agony. Some argue that these horrendous fires on the Southern California coast are the unnatural …

… Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather front, and pollution caused skies to darken … metropolis of São Paulo, hundreds of miles from the Amazon fires. Crowds in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on August 24, 2019 … of the Amazon. International attention focused on the fires, the majority of which deliberately had been started …

… and Bill of Rights, proposed legislation that prohibited firearm use outside of hunting season. Rights and regulation … as the guarantor of an individual’s right to possess firearms, the Amendment was rarely mentioned before the … Safety in the 1830s The Ordnance Department tested firearms made by private arms manufacturers, such as Samuel …

… As Andrew Jewett makes clear in his new book, Science Under Fire, the scientific enterprise in America has long drawn … of rationality. Given the moment we are in, Science Under Fire seems particularly well timed, and it ought to be … Review of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America , …

… Referred to by some as “Thundersticks,” firearms were brought to the western hemisphere by European … two centuries at building and maintaining large arsenals of firearms. If anything, Silverman offers that Natives had the … Review of Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America , …

… Rodney King on April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted in a firestorm of anti-police protest. Written by Max … Rodney King on April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted in a firestorm of anti-police protest. …

… May 4, 1970, a squadron of Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire at a loose collection of students gathered across an … May 4, 1970, a squadron of Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire at a loose collection of students gathered across an …

… did. In 64 CE, the city of Rome was devastated by a great fire, the worst in its long history, which destroyed 10 of … 14 districts of the city. Hubert Robert's 1785 painting "Fire in Rome," showing the events of 64 CE. After local … blaze Nero coordinated the response. He personally directed fire-fighting efforts, sending out members of his own …

… After a devasting fire in Rome in 64 CE, Emperor Nero successfully rebuilt the …

… then burst into the center block of Parliament and opened fire with his .30-30 Winchester lever-action rifle. In the … July 1608), and the Europeans who lived there had and used firearms for similar purposes. As members of expanding … invasion of the North American continent. Colonizers used firearms to conquer, control, and kill Native Americans, and …

… May 4, 1970, a squadron of Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire at a loose collection of students gathered across an … Sixties” had its share of these allegorical moments. The firehoses at Birmingham, Mario Savio on the steps at Sproul … Kent. The ONG units arrived in Kent late Saturday night as fire gutted the campus ROTC building. There is little doubt …

… Corunna to conquer England. Three weeks later an English fireship attack in the Channel—and then a fierce naval … Corona to conquer England. Three weeks later, an English fire ship attack in the channel, and then a fierce naval … In the left window, you can see an attack by eight fire ships. And this caused panic in the Armada anchored off …

… in the history of the global arms trade since the advent of firearms in the early modern era: where weapons are sold and … lesser extent, Asian markets. While there was diffusion of firearms technology generally, and a number of locales … states dominated the trade in part because of advances in firearm and gunpowder technologies and also because of their …

… each other in the streets of New York City. Unionized firefighters scuffled with police officers. Turning the firefighters away from the ongoing hunt for their lost … Center disaster site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged the firefighters’ union to cooperate with his downsizing of the …

… in his diary: Friends call me, saying they can see huge fireworks all over the Hôtel de Ville [city hall], with red … Wertenbaker, Time Magazine’s war correspondent. Six firefighters secretly scaled the Eiffel Tower and hung a … for German sharpshooters, yet he refused to duck as snipers fired on the crowd. Later that day, he displayed similar …

… action invoked a pointed comparison: "President Truman fired General MacArthur.  President Brand fired General Knight." Defending Knight, the trustee … gathered to cheer him. The removal of Knight also created a firestorm, rating him a page-one story in The New York Times …

… This year marked the seventieth anniversary of the firebombing of Dresden, and the legacy of the  Second World … controversial raid lasted for two days and caused a massive firestorm in the city center. The majority of civilian deaths were due to suffocation, as the fire withdrew oxygen from their air raid shelters and homes. …

… the obsolete German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire from its berth in the Free City of Danzig. As the … into the basement. Their attackers then lit the building on fire. The survivors staggered outside to surrender where the … Shelled by the Germans, Warsaw's Royal Castle caught fire during the first phase of the German invasion. Modern …