WASHINGTON – The federal government will be contacting you on Wednesday, Oct. 4 if you own a cell phone. But don’t be alarmed. FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission will be testing a pair of ...

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 Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If and when you get a text message on Wednesday afternoon, don't be alarmed, it's just the federal government testing out its Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency ...

Wednesday, Dec. 17, at noon, the university will conduct a test of its RazALERT Emergency Notification System on campus digital signage.

A mistake by a state emergency operations center worker inadvertently sent emergency alert test messages to cellphones across Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. Mark ...