An emergency alert notification sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an ...

Shortly after 8 a.m. on January 13, something went terribly awry in Hawaii. A state emergency worker pushed the wrong button in the emergency operation center, sending out a false warning during a ...

Hawaii's emergency management leader has resigned and a state employee who sent an alert falsely warning of an incoming ballistic missile has been fired, officials said Tuesday, after the mistake ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Exactly eight years ago, Hawaii residents received an emergency alert on their cell phones warning them of an incoming ballistic missile. The message, sent on Saturday, Jan.

HONOLULU — A timeline shows Hawaii officials botched efforts to immediately correct a false missile alert over the weekend, taking more than 20 minutes to contact federal authorities for approval they ...

The employee who sent out the false missile alert that caused mass panic in Hawaii earlier this month, refuses to cooperate with a Federal Communications Commission investigation, an official said in ...

On an ordinary Tuesday morning in the fictional town of ‘Beckitt, Massachusetts’ every cell phone buzzes. There's a terrifying command. Ballistic missile threat inbound. Seek immediate shelter. This ...

John Aaron and his wife woke up on their honeymoon in Hawaii this morning to a startling alert: A ballistic missile attack was imminent. The emergency alert was blasted over the hotel's public address ...

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