When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...

Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as a new ...