In many parts of the US, it has long been possible to make local calls with just the seven-digit phone number; the three-digit area code was implicit for calls between numbers using the same area code ...

Build, read, write, and represent three-digit numbers using base-10 blocks and symbols. Build, read, write (in standard and expanded form), and represent three-digit numbers using base-10 blocks and ...

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies may soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States’ ...

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In July 2020, a rumor started to circulate online that typing any three-digit number followed by the words "new cases" into Google would return news articles or other reports about COVID-19 in search ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – You know 911 for emergencies, 411 for information and now there's 988 for people who need emergency help with their mental health. The system was launched in Philadelphia. Local, ...

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988. The federal agency’s staff made the recommendation this week in a report to ...

SOUTHEASTERN, N.C. (WECT) - A 3-digit phone number — 988 — for suicide prevention and mental health crisis assistance that the Federal Communications Commission approved for nationwide use in July ...

The FCC is moving forward with a plan to make 988 the dialing number. The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with a plan to create a new three-digit hotline number, similar to 911, to ...

Callers in parts of 35 states and one US territory now have to dial 10 digits to make a local phone call, as the US prepares to implement 988 as the three-digit number to quickly reach the National ...

For individuals in crisis, the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline could be difficult to remember. Although the global rate of suicide has declined, according to the Centers for Disease ...

With just 11 games remaining in the regular season for the Seattle Mariners, their magic number to make the playoffs has come into focus.