The Harris County Jail failed to pass a state inspection this month after inspectors found that inmates were occasionally not taken to doctors' appointments or the emergency room. The jail was also ...

A new federal class-action lawsuit alleges two of the nation’s largest smoke-detector manufacturers misled consumers for decades about the ability of their alarms to warn people in time during common ...

When smoke or carbon monoxide alarms fail to sound, the problem is often hiding in plain sight: the specific model you own and whether it is still performing as designed. To know if your devices are ...