Add to New York City’s summer climate problems, which include thick smoke blown south from Canadian wildfires, the fact that its electricity grid is fragile. A recent announcement says the city ...

A blackout in New York back in 1977 prompted riots, looting and mayhem in the city causing millions of dollars worth of damage. Lightning knocked out electricity for 25 hours on July 13 ...

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It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported from Thursday night to Friday. Six people died in a ...

Tom Foty: July 13th, another blackout hits New York. A recap after this ... The Carter Administration eventually granted the city more than $11 million to help over the losses.

A weeklong nationwide boycott, starting on April 7, targets Walmart and is organized by People's Union USA. Here's why people have joined the boycott.

The story concerns seven strangers and a dangerous woman who experience a blackout in New York City. The piece is described as a cross between "The Seven Faces of Eve" and Ten Little Indians.

The New York blackout is evidently going to lead to an inquiry into the hazards of the very dicey power system that feeds New York City. Let's hope too that the ill wind, the thunderbolt that did ...