In the event of a disaster, a mobile phone may be the first to alert someone. With Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs), customers of telecommunications companies including Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T ...

Used for Amber alerts, natural disasters, and every other critical warning in between, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system has gotten a nice shot in the arm from the Federal Communications ...

Republican Kelly Ayotte, a former U.S. senator who succeeds fellow Republican Chris Sununu, in sworn in during her inauguration at the State House, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Concord. Credit: Charles ...

Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, phones across Los Angeles County lighted up with an emergency alert test, the latest example ...