CHARLOTTE — A 34-year-old woman has been arrested after police say she severely beat her son with an extension cord. The incident allegedly occurred Tuesday night. ALSO READ: Pinwheels signal ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- A Shreveport mother is in custody after police say she used an extension cord to discipline her two children, leaving "extensive and concerning" injuries, according to a Shrevep ...

The Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad determined the cause to be an electrical malfunction due to an overheated extension cord.

OFD says there were no injuries in the incident, which caused damage of about $10,000. Investigators found that the cause of the fire was a faulty extension cord, according to the report.

"A lot of people don't have knowledge of extension cords," Martinez says. "If extension cords are 14-gauge and you're running an appliance with a heating element, [like] a toaster oven, microwave ...

Using the wrong extension cord can be dangerous. They can melt or overheat and cause a fire, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. To prevent this, it’s important to buy the ...

A Brooklyn mother accused of whipping her 9-year-old son with an extension cord had just learned the boy was planning on robbing a neighborhood store, her defense lawyer said Thursday. Cops ...