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Ground stop lifted hours after stranding thousands of flights across the U.S.

When a Needham, Massachusetts, teen vanished this week, a wireless emergency alert went right to phones near where he was last seen. The same thing happened earlier in Braintree, when police were trying to find a missing man. We reached out to law enforcement Friday to find out how those alerts work. Sara Porter, the public information program supervisor at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), explained that local police can request alerts for a missing person even if it doesn’t

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Event date
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Coverage
5 outlets · 5 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore
English
Countries concerned
United States
Justice · intensity 4.0 · tone -1.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (80%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.

Western 80%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 20%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

In 30 seconds
  • Confirmed by 5 outlets in 3 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
  • Propagation: first reported by nbcboston.com (United Kingdom), . 2 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

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Event sources

  1. Ground stop lifted hours after stranding thousands of flights across the U.S.
    nbcboston.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → United StatesEnglish
  2. US lifts nationwide ground stop, allowing flights to resume after hours of travel chaos
    Channel News AsiaSingapourSingapore → United StatesEnglish
  3. US authorities say flight departures can resume following nationwide ground stop
    The Irish NewsRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → United StatesEnglish
  4. US authorities say flight departures can resume following nationwide ground stop
    wharfedaleobserver.co.ukRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → United StatesEnglish
  5. Flights to resume after FAA lifts US-wide ‘ground stop’ that left thousands in limbo
    Brisbane TimesAustralieAustralia → United StatesEnglish