Camp Embers was the brainchild of Prince George’s County’s first female fire chief, Tiffany Green. “Being the first female fire chief. I don’t want to be the last,” Green said.

Fort Lee is now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee. The new namesake was a Buffalo Soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions ...

A bright young leader with a kind heart, Morehouse College student Kyle Coleman had a promising future. So when his parents, ...

At least eight people were killed Saturday when a hot-air balloon with 21 passengers caught fire in southern Brazil, a state governor said.

Three people are displaced after a house fire in Roanoke County Tuesday morning. The Roanoke County Fire and Rescue responded at 8:31 a.m. to the 3900 block of Kentland Drive in the Cave Spring ...

Helicopters buzzed in the shadow of a smouldering volcano and boats rescued dummies from the sea this week in a show of ...

BEDFORD — After 74 years, the all-volunteer Bedford Life Saving Crew will be taken over by the Bedford County Fire & Rescue Department on April 1.

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anne Marie Belgrave, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide ...

Investigators say a former student who killed nine students and a teacher in Austria a week ago and then took his own life ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

Violent storms swept through the D.C. area between 3 and 5:30 p.m. unleashing wind gusts over 60 mph that downed hundreds of trees, many onto wires, cars and homes.