emergency management

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to help some local governments pay for storm recovery while its aid fund faces a $6.2 billion defi...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency greatly underestimated how much money it needed to spend on the COVID-19 pandemic and now might not have enoug...

PORT ALLEGANY — Northern Pennsylvania Regional College’s Workforce Development department is providing an opportunity for McKean County area residents...

A GoFundMe effort is underway to assist a Knapp Creek, N.Y. couple who lost their house after a pickup truck smashed into their living room Monday. Fa...

Some new members of the Bradford City police and fire departments were added at Tuesday’s meeting of city council. Colby Keane was appointed as a cade...

This week, May 19-25, marks the 50th anniversary of National EMS Week. It’s a time to show our gratitude toward EMTs, paramedics, and first responders...

Each and every day, emergency medical responders answer calls for assistance with one purpose — to save lives. These dedicated individuals, whether vo...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As a Saudi-Iran crisis roils the Middle East, the U.N. special envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus on Friday to lay the groundwo...

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Residents surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought winter woes to the Midw...

Dozens of people lost their homes, yet they say they are thankful to see another Christmas. Tony Goodwin ducked into a storm shelter with seven others...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union has provided far less than is needed to help Greece deal with the massive influx of refugees and other migran...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been looking unusually vulnerable as she prepares to meet the world's top leaders this week, struggl...

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — As the death toll in the massive earthquake that struck the remote Hindu Kush mountains soared above 300, officials on both s...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Slow-moving Typhoon Koppu weakened after blowing ashore with fierce winds in the northeastern Philippines on Sunday, leavin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina's congressional delegation is vowing to make sure the state gets federal help to recover from the historic flooding f...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush returned Friday to New Orleans — the scene of one of his presidency's lowest points — to tout the r...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — All of Florida is carefully watching Tropical Storm Erika as the disorganized system makes its way over Hispaniola. Foreca...

LONDON (AP) — The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response is officially winding down Friday, handing its leadership role and senior staff ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hopes that Greece can get a rescue deal that will prevent a catastrophic exit from the euro rose on Thursday, after key creditor...

LONDON (AP) — The Ebola outbreak exposed the U.N. health agency's organizational failings, a panel reported Tuesday — but it didn't blame any individu...