VIDEO: Governor Dunleavy chose the Alaska State Fair in Palmer as the setting for signing three new bills into law. One of the new laws promotes Alaska's growing agricultural sector. The bill provides new exemptions for certain farmed food products, homemade foods, and livestock so they can be sold directly to consumers online. The third bill signed by the governor modernizes the storage, distribution, sale, and safe use of fireworks. "House Bill 146 will allow Alaska to modernize the safe sale, storage, and distribution of fireworks across the state and remove burdensome red tape from the process," said Alaska State Fire Marshal Lloyd Nakano. "After several decades of stagnant statutes governing fireworks sales, the State Fire Marshal's Office will be able to be nimble by adopting best-in-class regulations that will ultimately safeguard Alaskans."  

At least nine people were injured in a four-alarm fire that swept across a cluster of buildings in Brooklyn late Monday night, according to the FDNY. The fire broke out at a building on Dean Street between Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sackman Street around 10:40 p.m. Over 160 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene, per fire officials. Firefighters were seen deploying ladders to strategically blast water from up high to douse rising flames before eventually taking the firefight inside. Three civilians and six firefighters were injured in the blaze, according to the FDNY. Neighbors watched the hours-long effort to control the fire. At least 25 adults and six children were displaced, per fire officials. It was put under control at 1:30 a.m. and the fire is under investigation.  

VIDEOS: On Sept. 8, 1994, 132 people were killed in what is the deadliest air disaster in Pennsylvania's history: The crash of USAir Flight 427. On this edition of Chronicle, we looked back at rarely seen video from the years-long investigation and spoke with the lead investigator who provided exclusive new insights into the crash. Families shared memories of the loved ones they lost and we share the untold stories of those at the site who helped that day. Three decades after the disaster of Flight 427, we're still learning more about the people who jumped into action to help on that fateful day: the firefighters from Hopewell Township Volunteer Fire Department, the man who would one day become the chief for Pittsburgh's Bureau of Fire and a USAir employee who raced to the scene from his home.  

VIDEO: The 2024-2025 Tennessee Teacher of the Year has been crowned: Bryan Kerns of Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport City Schools. Kerns has spent 17 years of a 20-year teaching career as an Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 teacher at Dobyns-Bennett High School. However, Kerns also holds a unique position — fire management instructor. The Teacher of the Year helped develop the Dobyns-Bennett Fire Program, an opportunity which includes the D-B Prescribed Fire team and full progression of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Fire Management Services courses. "Students were like, ‘Tell us more fire stories,'" said Kerns. "I started the club in 2018, 2019, thinking, you know, I'll have some kids come after school and I'll tell fire stories."  

VIDEO: Over 75 million Americans are being urged to take proper precautions as temperatures could top 100 degrees in parts of the Midwest on Tuesday. The extreme heat comes as a new report published in JAMA shows that heat-related deaths have risen significantly in the U.S. in recent years. The report, which was compiled using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, showed there were 21,518 fatalities from 1999-2023 citing heat as the underlying or contributing cause of death. During that time, after using age-adjusted mortality rates, the CDC's data indicated a 63% increase in heat-related fatalities during the 24-year span. Without adjusting for age, there has been a 117% increase in heat-related deaths, the data said.