Last month, Sweden set up a new phone number called “The Swedish Number.” Call it and a Swede, any Swede, will answer to talk to you about their country. It was started as something of a gimmick by ...

In just a single hour on the evening of July 4, 2015, Kitsap 911 dispatchers took 223 calls, many from people registering fireworks complaints. That's seven times the usual number. The call center was ...

Sometimes you find yourself overseas on business, but you need to call a service back home, such as your bank. If you're in the United States, all you have to do is call the toll free number, which ...