A nationwide test of the emergency alert system will hit all phones, TVs and radios on Wednesday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct the test at about 2:20 p.m. eastern time. The purpose of the test is to ensure ...

Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson announced that he will not accept his salary for the duration of a pending federal government shutdown, which would occur at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. In a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Thompson formally requested ...

If Congress doesn’t act by the time the clock strikes midnight Saturday, the government will shut down. And that prospect looks increasingly likely. When government shutdowns have occurred most recently in 2013 and 2018, the impact varied depending on how long the shutdown lasts. The most ...

A federal test of the National Emergency Alert System will result in a test message on all consumer cell phones next week. The test is scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4. It will include both Wireless Emergency Alerts to each consumer cell phone as well as an ...

Michael Burham has made his first appearance before the county Court of Common Pleas. Burham, 34, clean-shaven and ushered into court by Warren County Sheriff's Deputies, entered procedural not guilty pleas on Thursday to a total of 35 charges during formal arraignment proceedings Thursday ...

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An escaped murderer was captured Wednesday after eluding hundreds of searchers for two weeks, bringing relief to anxious residents of southeastern Pennsylvania who endured sleepless nights as he hid in the woods, broke into suburban homes for food, changed his ...