The sound of an emergency alert would have been a help for some residents but could have endangered others, city officials ...

A bipartisan bill to create an AMBER Alert-style shark warning system that alerts beachgoers of nearby predators is one step closer to reality. The bill, which passed the Senate, known as Lulu’s Law, ...

WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

The Michigan House has passed legislation that would create a “Silver Alert” cell phone notification system for missing seniors and vulnerable adults and expand the state’s Amber Alert system to ...

You’ve probably had it happen before: Three loud beeps followed by a long, high-pitched sound delivered to your mobile phone to alert you to severe weather or another emergency near you. These jolting ...

Providence residents got no automatic alerts after the Brown shooting, raising concerns about local warning systems.

Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including devices in neighboring counties ...

Thirteen months ago, a wildfire ripped through the homes of Sonoma County residents in the early-morning hours and killed 24 people who were unable to evacuate in time. County officials were later ...

An emergency alert test message from South Pasadena was accidentally sent to an estimated 10 million mobile phones across Los Angeles County Tuesday night. Just before 6 p.m., cell phone screens ...