Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To put it simply, a loud beep from a cell phone can compromise someone's hiding spot. The city decided against sending a statewide ...

You’ve probably had it happen before: Three loud beeps followed by a long, high-pitched sound delivered to your mobile phone to alert you to severe weather or another emergency near you. These jolting ...

The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones will be tested for the second time this Sunday, 7 September. The alerts are designed for situations where there is an imminent danger ...

PROVIDENCE – Safety concerns related to cell phones potentially beeping at the wrong time, as police hunted for a violent gunman and as residents took shelter, played into the city's decisions on cell ...

Providence officials decided against a statewide emergency alert after the Brown University shooting due to safety concerns. Authorities feared a loud, unavoidable alert could reveal the hiding spots ...