Your smartphone can do much more than text, take photos, and check the weather. In an emergency, it can call 911, notify your ...

Here is how to add emergency contacts and health information to your phone so anyone can call for help if you need it, even if your phone is locked.

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Deborah Witzburg's second quarter report accuses a pair of city employees—including a Chicago Police officer and an assistant ...

Your smartphone can do much more than text, take photos, and check the weather. In an emergency, it can call 911, notify your family, and share your location, even if you cannot press a single button.

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KYIV – Ukraine’s prime minister announced his resignation Tuesday in the first formal step of what is expected to be a ...

Authorities in the Sierra Foothills arrested a woman over the weekend after she allegedly attacked another woman with an axe ...

On Tuesday at 4:07 a.m. the NWS Blacksburg VA released an updated flood watch valid from 2 p.m. until Wednesday midnight. The ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...