Interested donors can make donation appointments at redcrossblood.org. The Red Cross can also be reached by phone at 1-800-RED-CROSS. Appointments can be made at mobile sites or fixed donation sites. In Harrisonburg, the fixed site is located behind Valley Mall at 182 Neff Ave.

The American Red Cross encourages donors to give blood now to help protect the blood supply from the ongoing impact of severe winter weather and wildfires. Donors of

Hamas has handed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, 65, over to the Red Cross, the third hostage to be released Saturday as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel. Siegel walked onto a stage set up by the sea in Gaza City before militants handed him over to waiting Red Cross officials.

Red Cross vehicles arrive at a location in southern Gaza where Hamas is set to free hostages in ceasefire deal. Medical flight that crashed in Philadelphia had 6 on board and company says there's no confirmation that any survived.

The Red Cross, accused of not doing enough to help hostages in Gaza or Palestinian detainees in Israel, has defended itself in a rare statement outlining the limits of its role. Insisting on its neutrality,