KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Senators Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the “Graham Hoffman Act,” increasing the penalties for crimes against first responders.

First responders encounter difficult, traumatic events in times of emergency and crisis. They help people on the worst days of their lives and are exposed to some of the most dangerous situations, ...

A Kansas City Fire Department EMS vehicle crosses the intersection at Prospect Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in this Nov. 4, 2022 file photo. Kansas City first responders get bit, spit ...

Sept. 11, 2001, was a day of unspeakable tragedy. Twenty-four years later, the images of the World Trade Center in flames still burn fresh in the minds of those who watched from afar and those who ...

Today, as we honor those lost during 9/11, we are reminded that across the country, first responders encounter danger every day. Police officers, firefighters and EMTs are some of the first people to ...

ALFRED, Maine — First responders across more than two dozen York County municipal departments and within the county government are receiving an accounting of their health through diagnostic screenings ...