When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning 175,000 people with cannabis convictions.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for misdemeanor marijuana convictions.

Authorities say a woman was stabbed to death inside her lower Manhattan apartment by a man who followed her from the street into her building.

A majority of Americans across racial and ethnic groups believe discrimination has worsened in the last year against Asian Americans, who became the target of attacks after being unfairly blamed for the coronavirus pandemic.