About 12 years ago, a young Southern rapper named Ludacris gussied up the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack with an ode to his far-flung harem of waiting mistresses. “Area Codes” is less a song than a melodic ...

Southwest Ohio's 513 area code is running out of available phone numbers, so the region will soon welcome a new set of digits to town. According to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the area ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Like it or not, there is a new area code in Palm Beach County. The new 728 area code made its debut Friday, sharing Palm Beach County with its traditional 561 prefix. So why is ...

Big changes to making phone calls in D.C. are about to go into effect. Phone numbers with the District’s new 771 area code will be issued starting next month, and using the area code while dialing ...

Long ago, when the world was young and there were only landlines, one area code ruled them all, from the Mexican border to Bakersfield: 213. Then it began to divide and multiply. 714 was born, and 805 ...