The initiative could help reach people in places lacking access to local news sources. The nation’s first artificial-intelligence-powered emergency broadcast system launched Wednesday in Florida, a ...

Don’t panic. It’s only a test. A nationwide test, that is. At about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, every cellphone, television set and radio in the country should emit the familiar beeping noise associated with ...

An emergency alert test message from South Pasadena was accidentally sent to mobile phones across Los Angeles County Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON — Around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (or a little closer to 2:18 p.m. Eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, millions of cellphones, TVs and radios across the country sent out an alert as part of a ...