"Verizon Outage Hits Thousands Across Midwest and West"

TL;DR
Verizon experienced a mobile network outage affecting customers in the Midwest and West on Thursday evening and early Friday morning. The issue was resolved by 3 am CT, and customers still facing problems are advised to power cycle their phones. The outage led to thousands of reports on social media and Downdetector, but service has since been restored.
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