In a 40-year career as an international correspondent for The New York Times, Mr. Burns had a talent for capturing the sweep of history in intricate detail.

The failure was described in the report as extremely rare, with officials saying the device has a very low historical malfunction rate.

It's been five months since a jubilant Marine Corps weekend turned chaotic in Southern California, with shrapnel falling from ...

The electronic device that was used is manufactured to a standard of “one defect in a million,” and no human error was found, ...