Summary: Local congressional offices have staff specifically to help constituents get the support they need from federal agencies. In the midst of a disaster that assistance can be vital. But a new ...

Various Disaster Recovery Reforms, known also as House Bill 251, also addressed during emergency declarations the theft of temporary housing; looting and trespassing; federal Medicare and Medicaid ...

Tech PhD student in nuclear engineering debunks myth about disaster risk: 'The odds of this happening are literally smaller than one in a million' The sort of catastrophic scenario described by the ...

Staten Island Little League's Challenger Division has been providing children with special needs a way to play sports and make friends since 2009.

Sandra Bullock in 'Miss Congeniality' / Heather Burns in the sequel Warner Bros. Pictures Though Heather Burns‘ character in 2000’s Miss Congeniality has a little bit of trouble coming up with ...

Sandra Carlton was recently named the new principal of Stamford's Hart Magnet Elementary School, where she began her teaching career 29 years ago.

Looking for meaning People who survive a disaster may also be under pressure to explain what happened and relive the trauma for the benefit of others.

It is pointed out that, both in methodology and in findings, the investigations of the Challenger disaster by a Presidential Commission and by a Congressional committee demonstrate that even in highly ...