If you have ever received an Amber Alert on your phone or seen an alert on your TV screen, you've witnessed emergency alert systems in action.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and One Media 3.0, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, have launched the nation’s first pilot project to use Next ...

And Wireless Emergency Alerts are short messages — 360 characters or less — that go to mobile phones to alert their owner to important information.

And Wireless Emergency Alerts are short messages — 360 characters or less — that go to mobile phones to alert their owner to important information.

WASHINGTON (AP) — “THIS IS A TEST”: If you have a cellphone or are watching television Wednesday, that message will flash across your screen as the federal government tests its emergency ...

An errant Emergency Broadcast System transmission made television watchers and radio listeners worry about the threat of nuclear war on Feb. 20, 1971.

The winning goal was scored at 10:44 p.m., which is precisely when Minnesota conducts its monthly emergency alert test in even months.

Associated Press Emergency-alert test being conducted today — you’ll see, hear and even feel it on your phone, TV and radio The test is slated to start at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau said Paramount Global is being fined $244,952 for violations of emergency alerting rules and the company has entered into a ...

Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people in the middle of the Iranian capital to evacuate ahead of the strike against the TV station ... cutting the screen behind her as she hurried off camera.