A nationwide Verizon outage left cellphone users, including more than 10,000 customers in New York City, without service on Wednesday. The mass disruption began around noon and prompted an emergency ...

OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - A smartphone’s automated crash detection feature helped police locate a deadly crash in Olathe this week, leading officers to a fiery scene after the phone automatically called ...

The Scott County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is conducting a countywide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system for cell phones on January 10 at 1 p.m. The TEST ensures that public ...

January 30, 1961. Patsy Cline’s iconic song, I Fall to Pieces, becomes Billboard’s #1 Country and Western single of the year and a crossover pop hit. Cline’s last concert was in 1963 in Kansas City, ...

In 2026, all school districts in California will be required to adopt policies restricting or prohibiting students’ use of smartphones during the school day. The new law also requires the policy to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To put it simply, a loud beep from a cell phone can compromise someone's hiding spot. The city decided against sending a statewide ...

Providence officials decided against a statewide emergency alert after the Brown University shooting due to safety concerns. Authorities feared a loud, unavoidable alert could reveal the hiding spots ...

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As they sheltered in place after a mass shooting in 2003 in Lewiston, Maine, residents and even visitors to the area received emergency alerts on their cell phones, via a public alert system, whether ...

When Ballard High School in Louisville, Ky., restricted the use of cellphones, principal Jason Neuss expected student interaction to improve. He also hoped students would engage more with their ...

What’s happened? Tesla has announced a major 2025 Holiday Update heading to its vehicles, which includes a nifty feature that drivers have been requesting for ages. Why is this important? This feature ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is investigating the cause of a false alert sent out reporting a 5.9 earthquake that never occurred Thursday morning. An automatic detection system triggered cell phone ...