A fire that damaged a duplex and displaced two families Saturday night on the northeast side of Indianapolis was one of dozens of incidents that were blamed on improper fireworks use.

NEW YORK — The former president of the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization for Black firefighters in New York City, recounted numerous incidents of racial discrimination, saying Black firefighters were”effectively ostracized” by their white colleagues, yesterday in a discrimination trial agaisnt New York City’s Fire Department. Paul Washington, 49, described rampant use of the N-word and […]