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Commentary

Why Is America’s 911 system still running on decades-old infrastructure?

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September 12, 2025
Kevin Rambosk
Environment

America faces chronic climate change weather emergencies and still leaves its 911 emergency system up to the states

By Freida Frisaro and The Associated Press
July 15, 2025
Paramedic helps elderly man amid fire.
Newsletters

Bank of America has a niche benefit that helps employees in crisis 

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September 16, 2024
Emergency squad helps ailing patient.
Leadership

How Bank of America built an ‘emergency task force’ to help employees in crisis

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September 16, 2024
Stressed out woman working at laptop on table at home
Leadership

A major tech outage affecting Microsoft systems could screw up payroll for people around the world

By
July 19, 2024
911 outages have hit at least eight states this year.
Health

The nation’s 911 system is on the brink of its own emergency

By Stephanie Armour and KFF Health News
July 17, 2024
Massachusetts installed a firewall designed to prevent cyberattacks and hacking—instead it caused a 911 outage
Tech

Massachusetts installed a firewall designed to prevent cyberattacks and hacking—instead it caused a 911 outage

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press
June 20, 2024
Osama Bin Laden
Tech

TikTok users posted support for Osama Bin Laden’s anti-American propaganda, forcing the service to ‘aggressively’ take down the content as critics circle

By
November 17, 2023
Low Angle View of Grand Central Terminal at Night, Met Life and Chrysler Buildings in Background, New York City, New York, USA

FCC Wants Mobile Carriers to Help Save Lives From the Ground Floor to the Penthouse

By
March 15, 2019
Discovery Astronauts Continue Mission Tasks

An Astronaut Accidentally Called 911 From Space, Causing a Scare at NASA

By
January 3, 2019
La Tuna Canyon Fire Prompts Evacuations in Burbank

Google Is Providing 911 Centers With More Accurate Location Data

By
September 19, 2018
Apple Plan to Improve 911 Cellphone Calls
Tech

Cellphone Calls to 911 Can Be Catastrophically Bad. Apple Has a Plan to Fix Them.

By
June 18, 2018
Artifacts From September 11 Permeate Fabric Of New York City
Health

Are Kids Exposed to 9/11 Dust Really At Risk for Heart Problems? Here’s What We Know

By
September 11, 2017
The Tribute in Light shines on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Health

The Health Effects of 9/11—and Hurricane Irma, Too.

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September 11, 2017
Downtown at dusk from Reunion Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, North America
Tech

Hackers Set Off Emergency Sirens Across Dallas

By
April 9, 2017

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