SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane City Council voted Monday evening to override Mayor Nadine Woodward's veto of an ordinance that prohibits the use of devices that emit high-frequency sound, known as mosquito ...

The Spokane City Council narrowly voted Monday to bar city businesses from using devices that emit a sharp noise to deter people from loitering or congregating nearby. Commonly referred to by the ...

Switch on the small gray metal box and listen: A sharp, pulsating, high-pitched tone burrows into the ear like a power drill bit, prompting an agitated, please-shut-that-blasted-thing-off grimace.

A wall-mounted gadget designed to drive away loiterers with a shrill, piercing noise audible only to teens and young adults is infuriating civil liberties groups and tormenting young people after ...

Switch on the small, gray metal box and listen: A sharp, pulsating, high-pitched tone burrows into the ear like a power drill bit, prompting an agitated, please-shut-that-blasted-thing-off grimace.