Long before satellites and GPS, ships in distress had no universal way to call for help. Early wireless operators used random ...

After TikTok users feared flashing porch lights signaled danger, the Illinois homeowners revealed the truth behind the viral ...

An abandoned house in Plainfield, Illinois, is flashing what appears to be an SOS signal. And no one seems to know why. In a video with over 431,000 ...

Days after a Plainfield home with lights many believed were flashing "SOS" went viral, police revealed what is actually ...

Today, the signal is casually tossed into texts during dating disasters or outfit emergencies, but its roots come from genuine life-or-death situations at sea. SOS entered official use in 1905 under ...

A mysterious scene at an apparently abandoned suburban Chicago home has raised concerns after viral footage appeared to show lights turning on and off in what some interpreted as a call for help.

Verizon customers experienced a nationwide outage on Wednesday, leaving thousands unable to make calls, send texts, or access mobile data. Newsweek contacted Verizon via email for comment outside of ...

Verizon acknowledged its nationwide wireless outage after countless customers reported an outage on January 14, 2026. With rising complaints, the company insisted that its engineers were working ...

The 19-year-old hiker was rescued from "heavy storm" conditions in Northern California Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office A 19-year-old solo male hiker was showing signs of hypothermia when he was ...

A 19-year-old solo male hiker was showing signs of hypothermia when he was rescued in stormy conditions, officials said The entire rescue mission took around seven hours, deputies said The man's GPS ...

He went out on his shield. A veteran cop whose “retirement” included taking up the mantle as his town’s resident fire commissioner suffered a fatal heart attack Saturday while rescuing a young hiker ...