When Shea Wagner Garrett walked into the emergency department at Hamilton Medical Center, she expected to get relief from her ...

Severely ill and distressed patients are waiting three and a half days in emergency for mental health beds that don’t exist in a shocking escalation of the state’s psychiatrist workforce crisis.

Officials said the plane went down in the river near Reagan Airport. The airport said emergency crews were responding to an “aircraft incident.” ...

New Yorkers are in big trouble if seconds are the difference between life and death. Ambulance response times during life-threatening emergencies have skyrocketed, as the FDNY admits its having ...

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

Deputies from the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office and firefighters from the Canandaigua Fire Department responded to the ...

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

Dry conditions are causing three eastern Iowa counties to put burn bans into place. Fire departments in several other ...

Following the mid-air crash over the Potomac, Maryland dispatched a contingency of divers and other first responders to aid ...

Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but "due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were unable ...

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided ...

An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter crashing into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport ...