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Americans' cellphones will get an alert from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday. Americans' cellphones will get an alert from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday. But don't worry, there is no need to panic -- it is only a test. Every year, FEMA partners with national wireless carriers to run a test of the emergency alert system that is used to warn the public about national emergencies. FEMA, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission, will be sending a WEA alert to cell phone s, while an EAS test will be sent to televisions and radios. Both tests will take place at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday. A woman looks at her phone in this undated stock photo. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images "If your mobile phone is on and within range of an active cell tower from a participating wireless provider, you should receive the national test. Wireless providers will transmit the national test for 30 minutes, but your phone should only receiv...

Since December the issue of Rhode Island children who are living outdoors or in unacceptable housing conditions, such as in cars or abandoned property, has posed a question that has no clear answer. Are homeless children neglected children? Do they present a “reportable” incident to agencies charged with protecting their welfare – and future? In 3 to 4 weeks, individuals and families now housed in temporary shelters will leave those shelters and the shelters will close. The safe haven will be gone. Professional contacts will fragment. Schools and day cares will close and change to summer schedules. Risk for children will raise exponentially. Of the 1,400 estimated people who are living homeless right now in Rhode Island, how many are under the age of 18? Over 600 unhoused people are in the Providence area, alone. Homeless advocates say that “homelessness in and of itself is not neglect”. They go on to say that if an appropriate living si...