Children are about to get a lot more protection in North Carolina, thanks to a new kind of emergency broadcast system. When a child is missing or abducted, alerts from the North Carolina Child Alert ...

In the event of any emergency, the Emergency Alert System is used to communicate critical information to the public in a short amount of time, normally this is used for severe weather situations, ...

CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s ...

New York (CNN) — It’s happening: Today is the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which is sending a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah National Guard has warned state residents that it will conduct a test of its Emergency Radio Broadcast Recall System on Sunday night. The test, slated for 8 p.m. on ...

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 ...

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 ...