LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. -- A missing teenager from North Carolina was rescued by Kentucky police after she signaled for help by using a hand gesture known on TikTok to represent violence at home, according ...

Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and earworms by ABBA and Rihanna, the word SOS has been used as a code for emergency distress signals since 1905. If you’re ...

MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A vessel called Gam Express has sent a distress signal in the Kerch strait, Russia's Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office said on Friday. "The Southern Transport ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to establish a new lighting system that is universally recognized as an urgent call for help," said an inventor, from Brampton, ON, Canada, "so I ...