Talking on a cell phone is allowed only if it is done in a hands-free manner. A first-time texting and driving offense is a non-moving violation with a base fine of $30. The National Safety Council ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Kansas lawmakers plan to pass a bill that would require school districts to create policies prohibiting the use of phones during regular hours of the school day. The bill would ...

In an interview with " Fox & Friends" last week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lauded cell phone restrictions in schools, pointing to links between social media use and anxiety and depression.

After years of students—and even their parents—ignoring the rules, a Houston boys' school is taking a dramatic new approach: bring your phone to school, and they will destroy it. Western Academy, an ...

Homecoming day at Jericho High School on New York's Long Island looked very different this year. Same big display of school spirit on the gym floor, but up in the stands, there were no cell phones at ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the FCC voting for cell phone jamming in state and local prisons. Agents and troops with the Memphis Safe Task Force set up a base of operations ...

Sen. Tom Cotton and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow state and federal correctional facilities to use use targeted cellphone jamming equipment. AP ...

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A new Iowa law requires public schools to create policies limiting student cell phone use during instructional time. Early reports from some Iowa schools show improved grades, attendance, and fewer ...

The discovery of a vast telecommunications network that authorities say was capable of wiping out cellular communications in the nation's largest city is just the latest in a steady series of ...

Ever since we started holding our cell phones up to our ears, there have been concerns that the radio waves they emit could cause cancer. While this makes sense in a Black Mirror kind of way—and some ...

The first day of classes for 900,000 New York City students on Thursday means a statewide ban on cell phones in schools is officially in effect. Gov. Hochul signed the law last spring prohibiting the ...