Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate ...

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

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 ...

CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil’s broadcast from Taiwan ended in chaos on Wednesday after the cameraman suffered a ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Hawaii's first FEMA-operated emergency broadcast studio opened it's doors in Honolulu on Wednesday. The new studio will greatly increase local capacity to keep residents informed ...