iStock(KELLOGG, Idaho) — Rescue efforts concluded on Tuesday after an avalanche trapped inbound skiers at Silver Mountain Resort, Idaho. Two people were killed but five were rescued. Among those scouring the slopes as part of the rescue effort was 17-year-old Blaine Goodner, who along with his father and ski patrol […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein wants a new judge. Defense lawyers for the embattled movie producer filed a motion in New York on Wednesday asking the judge to recuse himself from the case for threatening a day earlier to revoke the defendant’s bail with “comments [that] were so inflammatory, biased […]
Former Utah House speaker Greg Hughes has pitched himself as a conservative, dynamic candidate for governor at a campaign announcement Wednesday. Hughes spoke at an auto-repair shop owned by an immigrant family. He says he’s the only GOP candidate so far aiming to secure a spot on the primary ballot by […]
iStock(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) — One burglar may have been too full to make a quick getaway after he broke in and ate some late night snacks at Taco Bell. The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia shared photos and surveillance video of a suspect who broke into the fast food […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — Alaska had its warmest year on record in 2019 with average temperatures 6.2°F above the long-term average and most parts of the country saw above-average temperatures, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The average temperature in most of the United States was […]
iStock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — After back-to-back earthquakes in Puerto Rico this week almost one million residents are without power and over 2,200 are living in shelters. Since Monday, the U.S. commonwealth experienced two earthquakes that measured magnitudes of 6.4 and 5.8, respectively, that killed one and injured eight others. […]
A new Utah law will enable family members of crime victims to request a review of cases that have been stalled for more than a year. KUTV-TV reported the law allows family to check on the progress of felony cases including homicides and missing persons. Under the law, families or […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona elected official has resigned amid charges he paid women from the Marshall Islands to give up their children for adoption in the U.S. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen’s resignation Tuesday came after county leaders suspended him. Petersen has been charged with illegally paying women to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials have confirmed the state’s first flu death this season. Southwest Utah Public Health Department officials say the person was under the age of 65 and lived in one of the five counties in its district, which includes Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and […]
An Oregon woman is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for $9.54 million after her husband’s confession to church leaders led to his arrest, conviction and imprisonment on child sexual abuse charges. The lawsuit, filed in Marion County Circuit Court, involves a Turner man convicted of abuse after he confessed […]
