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 ...

Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an ...

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 ...

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 ...