Relief and Aid Organizations

Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...

SOUTH BEND — Darren McNair awoke this morning to a telephone call from a cousin telling him his Park Jefferson apartment building was on fire. McNair, 22, and a friend, Lindsey Johnson, 18, quickly fled the building with just the clothes on their...

Alonso Holguin waited to do more than give back to the community Wednesday. He was among a throng of people who waited to donate blood. “Just to help out people in need,” said the 17-year-old Imperial resident. “I might be helping...

Monday, Jan. 9- American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131 Conrad Court, Hagerstown, noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9-Maugansville Ruritan, 18007 Maugansville Ave., Maugansville, 2 to 7 p.m.  Wednesday, Jan. 11 — American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131...

Before, during and immediately after the holiday season, the American Red Cross experiences a significant decline in donor turnout at local blood drives and donor centers. This reduction in collections has put several blood types at critical or...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, labs and other facilities as part of an effort to save $150 million per year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday.     While the closures...

Craig Benedict Baxam was surfing the Internet from his Army base in South Korea last summer when he came across an Islamic religious website. The soldier from Laurel had never been particularly religious. But with his deployment and his time in the...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The nation's top agriculture official is expected to announce Wednesday more than $300 million in emergency assistance to 33 states and Puerto Rico to help them recover from an unusually intense year for natural disasters across...

The American Red Cross is facing a big fine for violating blood safety rules.  Some of those problems happened here in Roanoke.   This month the Food and Drug Administration slapped the Red Cross with a $9.6 million dollar fine according to a letter...

High water damaged 42 of the 130 state parks and recreation areas in South Dakota during 2011, but none of the 40 damaged along the Missouri River is directly eligible for federal emergency assistance for their repair, state Game, Fish and Parks Secretary...

High water damaged 42 of the 130 state parks and recreation areas in South Dakota during 2011, but none of the 40 damaged along the Missouri River is directly eligible for federal emergency assistance for their repair, state Game, Fish and Parks Secretary...

School lunches to become healthier, include more fruits, veggies, whole grains WASHINGTON (AP) — Schoolchildren’s favorite lunch — the ubiquitous frozen pizza — is about to get healthier. First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture...