CROWN POINT — After a brief deliberation Tuesday afternoon, a Lake Criminal Court jury found a woman guilty of beating her young daughter with an extension cord in May 2022. Zakira Porter, 38, of Gary ...

No matter how big or small your home is, it always seems like there aren't enough outlets. Extension cords and power strips can feel like a quick fix, making it easier to plug in all your devices. But ...

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SANDY Ore. (KPTV) - A travel trailer was destroyed after an overloaded extension cord caused a fire in Sandy. It happened just after 3:30 p.m. Monday at a home on Jacoby Road. The Clackamas Fire ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A residential house fire on Gillespie Avenue marked the second electrical fire in just 48 hours caused by overloading a power strip, according to the Knoxville Fire Department.

American Airlines (AAL) and Mastercard (MA) announced an extension of their decades-long partnership. The agreement secures Mastercard as the exclusive payment network partner for American’s ...

Extension cords are generally a safe solution for running power to electronics that are too far from the nearest wall outlet. But the operative word here is "electronics," which is not as ...

As heatwaves continue to break all-time records, staying indoors with an air conditioner becomes one of modern life's greatest blessings. However, that blessing might quickly turn into a nightmare if ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. So, it finally happened this week. My queue of questions reached a quantity of zero, leaving me with literally no ...

Firefighters are issuing an important warning as extreme heat continues across Connecticut. The Naugatuck Fire Department said when running your air conditioner this summer, it’s important to plug the ...