“Here’s the other side of the coin, and here’s fundamentally why it’s so important—” Blinken began to say as the national emergency alert test began to ring on phones. Blinken followed ...

But the early emergency test broadcast did give people a few extra minutes to crack jokes that they turned into zombies thanks to the alert activating latent virus particles hidden in the COVID-19 ...

The text will read, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System ... And of course the jokes flowed: If the alarm was slightly disruptive, it’s for good reason: The ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued the alert at roughly 2: ... the interruption sparked jokes and laughter amid a Senate GOP news ...