Phone companies have until July 2022 to implement the 988 number for both calling and texting.
Major phone companies are telling the country's state attorneys general that they will do more against robocalls. It's the latest step from government and industry to combat the growing problem.
Federal regulators are giving phone companies the right to block unwanted calls without getting customers' permission first.
The Senate has passed a bill that aims to combat the illegal robocalls torturing Americans.
U.S. regulators are proposing new tools to counter the unrelenting waves of robocalls received each year in America.
AT&T is buying Time Warner, owner of the Warner Bros. movie studio as well as HBO and CNN, for $85.4 billion in a deal that could shake up the media landscape.
The State of Nevada took a local electronics dealer to court on Thursday over complaints about its business practices that have come in from all across the country.
The House has passed a bill to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of American phone records. It's the first legislative response to the disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and the Senate is expected to take it up.