Elaborating on the origins of Saturday’s false alarm, which went uncorrected for nearly 40 minutes, spokesman Richard Rapoza said the employee who mistakenly sent the missile alert “has been temporarily reassigned” to other duties.
Rapoza said an internal investigation of the blunder would be completed by week’s end and that...
LIMA, Peru — A powerful earthquake struck off Peru’s coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, officials said.
The sole fatality was a man crushed by a falling rock, officials said. They said many of those injured were in...
The future of king salmon fishing in Southeast will change this week as the Board of Fisheries considers proposals to boost struggling Chinook stocks on the Chilkat and Taku rivers. The board convened in Sitka Thursday for a 13-day meeting that will resume Monday morning.
The meeting isn’t limited to...
WASHINGTON — A false alert sent to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday warning of an incoming ballistic missile is calling attention to an emergency notification system that government officials at all levels say needs major improvements.
The Federal Communications Commission said it was opening a “full investigation into what happened”...
t was a nice morning on the Big Island of Hawaii as Kevin and Pamela Spitze drove to an art show in Hilo when the words popped up on Kevin’s cellphone screen:
“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.”
Then it added for emphasis:
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”
The Spitzes,...
CAMARILLO, Calif. — With one word, Decker jumped from boulder to boulder, sniffing around fallen trees and pieces of debris as he climbed over a mud-soaked bank in Montecito.
“Search.”
As rescue efforts continued following Tuesday’s mudslide, the 7-year-old dog searched for any survivors still trapped in wreckage from the massive...
At least 19 people have died from the mudslides that swept over parts over Southern California early this week -- impacting the same area that was ravaged in December by the Thomas Fire, the state’s largest wildfire on record that is 100% contained, the U.S. Forest Service announced Friday.
Many...
Over the next few months, with the implementation of a revised strategy, Facebook’s two billion users will see less content produced by news organizations and more from their friends, if all goes according to the company’s plan. So what does that mean for the media companies that have come...
Waving signs heralding free speech and chanting "Stand by Deyshia," about 100 people gathered in a light rain Thursday to rally to support Deyshia Hargrave — the Louisiana teacher ejected from a school board meeting and roughly handcuffed in a video-recorded arrest after she questioned her superintendent's pay raise.
Hargrave,...
