humanitarian crises

Help can’t wait when disaster strikes. Whether a family needs shelter, food or a sympathetic ear, generous donations to the American Red Cross help en...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., announced a $14.62 million allocation of federal disaster recovery funding from the Department of ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed a disaster emergency proclamation for the northwestern region of Pennsylvania that has been struck by ...

HARRISBURG — If you haven’t applied for federal disaster assistance from FEMA, time is running out. The deadline for applications is Nov. 12. If you l...

While the circumstances were depressing, we were anxious to help — a few hundred American Red Cross volunteers descending on Baton Rouge/New Orleans, ...

Current Events Club The Current Events Club of Bradford met for its October meeting at the First Presbyterian Church on Monday. The meeting was called...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hurricane Helene has damaged communities across Florida, South and North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee, leaving million...

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced opened a Business Recovery Center (BRC) in Tioga County on Wednesday at the Westfield...

The sun came out but the power stayed off in more than 100,000 homes and businesses across four states Saturday as Debby finally moved out of the U.S....

Potter, Cameron and Tioga counties were pummeled by the record-breaking remnants of Tropical Storm Debby Thursday night through midday Friday. Houses ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the second time this week on Thursday entered three besieged communities in Syria as part of an eff...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused archrival Saudi Arabia Sunday of promoting poverty and terrorism by continuing to bomb Ye...

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Suicide car bombings targeting exiled Yemeni officials and the Saudi and Emirati troops backing their efforts to retake the countr...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. and Afghan governments vowed Sunday to jointly investigate the attack on a hospital in Kunduz that killed 22 people...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest developments from the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders at which they're tackling major crises like the refugee ...

ROSZKE, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian authorities on Tuesday began busing weary migrants and refugees to a nearby registration center, defusing some tensio...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The tens of thousands of refugees rushing razor-wire borders or cramming into Germany-bound buses and trains have laid bare weaknesses...

BEIRUT (AP) — A 3-year-old boy washes ashore on a Turkish beach. Seventy-one migrants suffocate in a truck in Austria. Daily scenes of chaos unfolding...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of migrants surged into a Budapest train station Thursday when police ended their two-day blockade of its entrance,...