WASHINGTON — An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River near ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

Over 50 years ago, in a historically Black neighborhood in Pittsburgh, a little-known group of trailblazers changed emergency ...

They are closely monitoring weather and having their crews be ready to respond to outages as long as conditions are safe for them to respond.” ...

Congresswoman Judy Chu represents the fire victims in Altadena and joined Lisa McRee to talk about the politics of disaster.

Claus for the pediatrics ward at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. She was at her Champaign home Tuesday. Patty Metzler ...

By Olasunkanmi Akoni At least one person, including a 15-year-old boy, died while six persons were rescued when a two-storey ...

A building collapse in Ikota, Lekki, Lagos, on January 28 killed two people and injured five workers. Some others remain ...

Immigrants in Florida, legal or otherwise, are concerned over the massive increase in ICE raids across the country under President Trump.

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the testing for the avian influenza virus.

Fiscal Note: Lee’s voucher bill will cut local K-12 funding by $45M next year It turns out the much heralded “hold harmless” provision is so restrictive that only a handful of school districts (15 out ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.