Police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped Monday night in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chinese control over the semi-autonomous city.
EDM Friday Briefing: CDC Adds Two Superbugs to List of Drug-Resistant Infections
Emergency and disaster management briefing for November 15, 2019: A new CDC report increases the number of drug-resistant superbugs to five – and other news.
China Receives Ebola Virus Sent on Commercial Flight
On March 31, scientists at Canada’s National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, Manitoba, sent live Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing on a commercial flight.
EDM Wednesday Briefing: TSA Officers Attacked By Man At Airport Security
Emergency and disaster management briefing for June 19, 2019: Multiple TSA officers were injured when a man rushed a checkpoint in Phoenix – and other news.
EDM Wednesday Briefing: Chemical Plant Fire Kills One and Critically Injures Two in Texas
A chemical plant fire in Crosby, Texas -- near Houston -- has killed one person and critically injured two others and other news.
EDM Monday Briefing: New Jersey Wildfire Scorches at Least 10,000 Acres
Emergency and disaster management briefing for April 1, 2019: A wildfire that ignited on Saturday has burned at least 10,000 acres and other news.
EDM Friday Briefing: Major Infrastructure Damage Impacts Grain Supplies
Emergency and disaster management briefing for March 22, 2019: The full extent of the Midwest's floodwater damage has yet to be assessed and other news.
EDM Monday Briefing: Death Toll Rises from Surprise Tsunami
EDM Monday Briefing: The death toll continues to rise in Indonesia following a deadly, undetected tsunami and other news.
EDM Wednesday Briefing: Report Says Lion Air Crash Plane Was 'Not Airworthy'
Emergency and disaster management briefing for Nov. 28, 2018: An Indonesian report finds that the Lion Air plane that recently crashed was not airworthy for the flight – and other news.
Deadly Typhoon Mangkhut Forces Evacuation of Millions in Southern China
Typhoon Mangkhut, which left a path of death and destruction in the northern Philippines on Saturday, is now wreaking havoc on southern China.