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AT&T says cell service is back after a widespread outage and some disrupted 911 calls

A sign is posted in front of an AT&T retail store in 2021 in San Rafael, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

AT&T says it has fully restored cellphone service to tens of thousands of customers in cities across the country whose phones lost signal overnight, causing frustration and concern about disruptions to 911 dispatches.

The FBI, in a statement Thursday afternoon, said the agency was "in contact with AT&T regarding today's network outage. Should we learn of any malicious activity we will respond accordingly."

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