Bonnie Capparelli says her son’s school denied their request for a safety transfer after another student almost burned him with a torch lighter.J.C.Rice A Queens mom is fuming that the city ...

When the Flame is being transported, there are always backup torches lit from the same source. This is in case of accidental dousing. This way, a backup torch can be used so that the Flame still ...

Well, this probably hasn't happened before: The Olympic torch, which arrived in Moscow from Greece this week, blew out—and was relit by a plainclothes officer's cigarette lighter.

MOSCOW — The first time the Olympic flame died out was amusing — that was Sunday at the Kremlin, when a plainclothes officer relit it with a cigarette lighter. But then on Monday, a second ...