NYTIMES (Chelsia Rose Marcius and Sally Goldenberg) - NYC’s 911 System Had an Outage. Officials Kept Quiet About It.
When a partial breakdown of the system occurred last week, New York City officials did not inform the public.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Vandals slash fiber-optic cables across Los Angeles, knocking out internet for thousands
Deliberate attacks on more than 1,400 fiber-optic lines left thousands of residents in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Koreatown without internet or cell service over the weekend, and no one has been arrested. Someone slashed Spectrum's fiber-optic cables in Baldwin Hills on Friday, severing the lines that carry internet and wireless service to some of […] The post Vandals slash fiber-optic cables across Los Angeles, knocking out internet for thousands appeared first on American Almanac .
Deliberate attacks on more than 1,400 fiber-optic lines left thousands of residents in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Koreatown without internet or cell service over the weekend, and no one has been arrested. Someone slashed Spectrum's fiber-optic cables in Baldwin Hills on Friday, severing the lines that carry internet and wireless service to some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in central Los Angeles. Customers across West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Koreatown lost connectivity almost immediately. The next day, a similar attack hit Verizon's network, spreading outages across Southern California and into the San Fernando Valley by early Sunday morning. Neither company has identified a suspect. The motive remains…Open
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Banned from Buckingham Palace? The chaotic WhatsApp drama behind Harry’s UK return with Tom Sykes
Prince Harry expected his long-awaited return to the United Kingdom to be a seamless, royal-level homecoming. Instead, he found himself locked out of Buckingham Palace. In this 11-minute deep-dive from "The Scoop," Daily Beast royal editor Tom Sykes reveals the shockingly chaotic behind-the-scenes communication failure inside the Sussex camp. From bizarre personal emails sent to palace logistics staff to a chaotic media war played out in a WhatsApp group, discover how Harry's team completely mismanaged his U.K. stay. Is it arrogance, poor staff management or a total disconnect from reality? #PrinceHarry #KingCharles #TheScoop #royalfamily
NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - FCC seeks to combat 911 outages with new tech
April Heinze discusses 911 outages reported in multiple states and how technology could improve in the future.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - America's 911 crisis: Call center outages make it harder to call for help | The Hill
April Heinze joins NewsNation to discuss a spate of 911 outages reported in multiple states and how technology could improve in the future. "The Hill on NewsNation" combines the power of two trusted news sources to define today's most-pressing issues, and question Washington's power brokers on what matters most to the people they serve and what matters most to Americans.
NYTIMES (Matthew Haag and Dana Rubinstein) - A Text System Sent Safety Alerts to Private Schools. Now, It’s Silent.
New York City’s emergency management agency, which ran the alert network, said it needed to free up personnel to help translate messages for the World Cup.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Preliminary NTSB report on LaGuardia collision finds communication issues led to tragedy
A combination of high workload and communication failures caused the emergency vehicle to enter the runway in the path of the landing Air Canada jet, according to the preliminary report.
NYTIMES (Karoun Demirjian and Patrick McGeehan) - Communication Failures Played Role in Deadly Crash at LaGuardia, N.T.S.B. Says
The report focuses on the lack of transponders in the fire trucks, which investigators suggested could have allowed an automatic warning system to alert the controller of an imminent collision.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Social media platform X down in major outage
X does not appear to have commented on the outage as of press time and did not previously indicate any scheduled maintenance for the app.
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