Trump Pardons Ranchers Who Sparked Refuge Occupation

JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Jul 10, 2018 The sentencing in a 2012 arson case in Oregon led to a protest by Ammon Bundy and dozens of others who complained about alleged federal overreach. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

If Islamic State Had Burned Down Four Churches, It Would Have Been Headline News

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 1, 2015 Seven Southern black churches burned in the past week, and at least four -- possibly six -- were victims of arson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arson Fires Destroying Detroit’s Famed Heidelberg Project

BLANK Dec 10, 2013 Since May, four main houses in Tyree Guyton's internationally known Heidelberg Project have been leveled by arson fires. In many ways, the showdown between the artist and the arsonist says more about Detroit than does the city's recent bankruptcy filing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Prison Fire Kills More Than 300 in Honduras

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2012 One inmate's reported death wish led to the immolation of more than 300 people at a Honduran prison after the apparent instigator set fire to his mattress on Wednesday in the town of Comayagua, where some 356 others were still missing after the blaze, according to The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arson Sparked L.A. Inferno

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2009 It's been over a week since the latest and biggest fire to scorch large parts of the Greater Los Angeles region began, and according to U.S. Forest Service officials it's now known that the blaze was caused by deliberate human intervention -- otherwise known as arson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Burning Down the House

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2008 From the L Times: "In what appears to be the latest symptom of the nation's mortgage meltdown and credit crisis, insurers, law enforcement officials and state agencies nationwide report a jump in home and automobile fires in the last year believed to have been set by owners unable to pay their debts". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Renewed Violence in France

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2006 Authorities are scrambling to address a possible resurgence of violence after two buses were torched near Paris on Wednesday. Last year's civil unrest led to the destruction of some 9,000 vehicles in and around the city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )