We take some things for granted. Turn a faucet, and water will pour out. Flip a switch, and lights will come on. Those can be interrupted by circumstances. Don’t pay a bill, and the water or ...

The Dauphin County Department of Public Safety says today's 911 outage was not related to the Pennsylvania-wide 911 outage earlier this month.

In the aftermath of the recent catastrophic flooding in Texas and the statewide 911 system in Pennsylvania going offline for a time last week, the Blair County Department of Emergency Services is ...

The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in cutting $9 billion in foreign aid and funding for public media early ...

Academics and public radio professionals warn that budget cuts could decimate a watchdog for political corruption.

Mr. Rogers, a Pittsburgh icon, taught us kindness and empathy. My wife, Gisele, learned English watching PBS," said U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.), who voted against the federal cuts.

Considering the recent flood emergency in Kerr County, Texas, which reportedly had no alert sirens in use, the question came ...

That warning, and subsequent warnings, triggered alerts to mobile devices through the Wireless Emergency Alert system, according to a CNN analysis of a FEMA alert database.

Spokane County Emergency Management says Alert Spokane can keep families safe during wildfire season and beyond. Residents near Riverside State Park got phone alerts before they saw smoke.

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says affected Texans are owed an investigation into what went wrong with evacuating flooded areas and how it can be prevented from happening again.