A Code Blue Extreme Cold Alert is in effect for Baltimore until Wednesday, Jan. 21, with dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills expected across Maryland this week. Monday and Tuesday nights ...

Cutter joined the WJZ First Alert Weather Team in March of 2025. Born and raised in the Gulf Coast, Cutter developed his love for weather while tracking hurricanes and watching pop-up summer ...

On January 14, 2026, Verizon customers across the United States faced one of the most disruptive outages in recent memory. Beginning around 12:30 PM ET, users reported being unable to make calls, send ...

If your phone is suddenly displaying "SOS," "no service," or "emergency calls only" and you're on Verizon's network, it's probably not your phone's fault, and you're certainly not alone. More than 100 ...

Downdetector reported 126,169 Verizon outage reports as of 1:16 p.m. ET and as many as 180,152 outage reports at 12:46 p.m. ET. The cities with the most reported Verizon outages include: A Verizon ...

One of the country’s major cell phone providers appears to be experiencing big problems on Wednesday. Verizon subscribers took to social media to complain that their phones were left without service ...

Seeing SOS on your phone? You're not alone. Verizon confirmed an outage on its mobile delivery service on Wednesday that was impacting thousands of users Downdetector, a website that tracks service ...

More than 170,000 Verizon users reported outages Jan. 14, with some users saying their mobile devices were displaying an “SOS” status where their network signal normally appears. Reports began around ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. There’s a message setting on your smartphone that you’ve probably ...

SEATTLE — A sharp decline in blood donations has prompted Bloodworks Northwest to declare a “Code Red,” warning of a severe blood shortage across Western Washington and Oregon. Bloodworks said less ...