States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed ...

Members of the Philadelphia Fire Department and the American Red Cross visited homes on the 3100 block of Stirling Street to ...

Lebanon has a long history of sectarian violence, and the recent events in Syria are causing alarm among its religious ...

Ukraine and Russia have exchanged accusations while also expressing a willingness to negotiate a ceasefire. Meanwhile, any talks of concessions regarding Crimea remain a non-starter for both. The post ...

On 14 August 2003, 22 years ago this week, the electricity cut out for more than 50 million people in the US and Canada. The BBC was in New York City when the lights went out.

A bold red cross, a white canvas, and a centuries-old bond reborn — Kappa and Genoa CFC have lifted the lid on the club’s ...

Pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Learn how she used aviation to ...

Mike Rotkin (who died June 18, 2025), tended to cross paths with me on various occasions, such as when I presented historic ...

Sir John Furley was one of the first in Britain to recognise the value of the Red Cross movement, and in fact had helped convince Robert Loyd-Lindsay to write that initial letter to The Times. He was ...

Learn about the real people in "The Gilded Age," including J.P. Morgan and Alva Vanderbilt, as the series intertwines history ...

New details surrounding the death of 'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner have emerged. The Red Cross in Costa Rica says first responders also treated a second swimmer in the drowning that led ...