Flags are being lowered for several reasons, including a deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, an attack on ...

Preppers who were stockpiling supplies for end-of-the-world scenarios when Obama was president have relaxed under Trump, and aren't buying as much.

People who take steps to fend off the worst before it happens can teach us some valuable lessons about possible or pending ...

The day after President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Eric Shonkwiler looked at his hiking bag to figure out what supplies he had. “I began to look at that as a resource for escape, should that ...

Some people around the world — known as "preppers" — have been stockpiling everything from non-perishables to ammo in case unforeseen trauma hits. Being a "prepper" is now getting a big boost from the ...

In a world where the unexpected can strike at any moment, a growing number of people are taking the concept of preparedness to heart. Preppers, as they're known, have a knack for collecting items that ...

PUYALLUP — Do you have 12 cases of peas and beans, seven pounds of powdered milk, 50 pounds of flour, 50 pounds of rice, 20 pounds of frozen chicken breasts, a 4,000-watt generator and some 35 gallons ...

A few weeks ago, I became convinced I ought to buy a compass. Also a tent, a LifeStraw, and solar chargers. Was I embarrassed about this 48-hour panic? Yes. But reading an op-ed at two in the morning ...