WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

UNITED STATES (CBS) — Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there’s a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m.

As part of the continuous assessment of emergency notification protocols and procedures, campus officials will test the CU Boulder alerts system at approximately 12:15 p.m. (MST) on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is set to conduct a test of its emergency alert system on Wednesday. According to a release from VCU Police, the test is scheduled to take ...

(FOX40.COM) — Sacramento County will now test its emergency alert system twice a year, officials announced. The county said ...

The drill will activate sirens and phone notifications from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with officials urging residents not to call 911 during the test.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A text message from Warn Central Texas, the regional emergency alert system (Austin American-Statesman) Austin will participate in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — If you hear alarms near Michigan State University’s campus on Tuesday, officials say it is likely a drill. MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety (MSUDPPS) will be ...

The test could result in messages from the Department of Public Safety on Thursday.