WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- More than 8,000 officials from more than 120 federal state and local agencies in Seattle, Chicago and Washington Monday began a five-day, $16 million exercise designed to test the nation's readiness to respond to multiple terror attacks that use weapons o

WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The massive, weeklong exercise designed to test the nation's anti-terror reflexes finished Friday, as a preliminary evaluation was provided to Homeland Security

SEATTLE, May 12 (UPI) -- After the smoke cleared and the wailing actors were bundled into ambulances for a mock trip to the emergency room, the nation's largest terrorism drill moved on late Monday to the phase in which the real-world stakes would be much higher.

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The blizzard that crippled Denver last week and even closed its airport -- which almost never closes -- turned into a roiling flood of melting snow this week.

(WASHINGTON) -- The nation's big-city mayors say that the White House is reneging on its promise to pump monies into the cities for urban security.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The new Homeland Security Department already is billions of dollars in debt to the nation's cities, even before it opens its doors Friday, U.S. city mayors and Washington lobbying officials told United Press International.

(CHICAGO) -- There is new information about the way the Chicago public school system will implement a new program that is aimed at letting students who are enro

(CINCINNATI) -- The mayor of Cincinnati, Charles Luken, has presented his new budget plans. The numbers contain about $2 million in cuts from previous years. So