Kevin McGowan, director of L.A. County's Office of Emergency Management, said that the problem was caused by a software ...

Many were awakened by an emergency alert on Monday night in Wake County that may have gone out to more people than necessary.

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Authorities sent a Blue Alert to cell phones across Texas Wednesday afternoon for a man wanted in connection to the shooting death of a Brazoria County deputy. Robert Lee Davis, also known as Sean ...

The county's director of emergency management said the cell phone alerts have already saved ... unnecessary chaos and some distrust of the alert system. The City of Beverly Hills, in a post ...

The direct-to-cell Starlink system in Southern California will deliver wireless emergency alerts and power SMS texting to 911 ...

On Thursday, just before 4 p.m., people across the county received cell phone alerts ordering them ... evening and suggested the emergency alert system be disabled until the cause is found.

Officials told millions of residents to disregard an evacuation warning they were mistakenly sent due to a “technical error.” ...