When an AMBER Alert flashes across your phone, the loud tone and urgent message can be jarring — but that’s exactly the point.The system is designed to grab att ...

Texas law enforcement can now issue a regional missing-child alert the moment a child is reported missing, under a new ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hit-and-run drivers will have a harder time hiding, after a new alert system is phased-in in New York City. Friends and fans mourning the hit-and-run death of DJ Jinx Paul, one year ...

Will future Amber Alerts work the way they are supposed to in Minnesota? An issue with Verizon stopped smartphones across Minnesota from getting an emergency alert on Wednesday, when a newborn baby ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There were 20 Amber Alerts issued in Harris County in 2014, but until this month photos of the endangered children could not easily reach patrolling officers. Now, that is changing.

Conservatives are bashing President Obama for taking down the Amber Alert system, a misunderstanding based on thinking that the Justice Department website is necessary for the alert system. Oh, and ...

LANSING, Mich. (WNEM) - Legislation aimed at modernizing Michigan’s Amber Alert system has unanimously passed the House Families and Veterans Committee. House Bills 4517 and 4518 would modify the ...

Michigan lawmakers took a significant step toward modernizing the state’s Amber Alert system as two bills, collectively known as “The Rowan Act,” received unanimous approval from the House committee ...

A bipartisan bill to create an AMBER Alert-style shark warning system that alerts beachgoers of nearby predators is one step closer to reality. The bill, which passed the Senate, known as Lulu’s Law, ...