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 ...

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, ...

Get ready, it's coming. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT, your cellphone, radio or TV will blare a jarring electronic noise that signals a test of the nationwide Emergency Alert ...

Social Security Is No Longer the Third Rail of American Politics It has never been used in an actual nationwide emergency, and it probably never will be. The national Emergency Alert System, which ...

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

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 ...