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Month: June 2020

Chicago sees 18 homicides in deadliest day in 60 years

Chicago sees 18 homicides in deadliest day in 60 years

Kathryn Kirsch/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (CHICAGO) — Known as one of the most gun violent cities in America, Chicago recently marked a new grim milestone with 18 homicides in a single day, officials said. On Sunday, May 31, the Chicago Police Department responded to the most homicides in a […]

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NASA astronauts reflect on first private space launch

NASA astronauts reflect on first private space launch

NASABy MINA KAJI and NATHAN LUNA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — It has been a little over a week since SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board. It was the first crewed launch to depart from […]

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Large drug bust in Fillmore

Large drug bust in Fillmore

There was a large drug bust in Fillmore after detectives with the West Central Strike Force along with Millard County officers executed a search warrant at a motel in Fillmore. The investigation was in regards to the distribution of illegal narcotics taking place in the community. Large amounts of drugs […]

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Park Service to remove White House fencing after George Floyd protests

Park Service to remove White House fencing after George Floyd protests

Tamir Kalifa for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO ROSA SANCHEZ and MARC NATHANSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) —  The death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day after a white police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck […]

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Ahmaud Arbery’s mother to David Muir: George Floyd protests give ‘me strength to go on’

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother to David Muir: George Floyd protests give ‘me strength to go on’

ABC NewsBy ENJOLI FRANCIS, ESTHER CASTILLEJO, and ERIC NOLL, ABC NEWS (HOUSTON) — As George Floyd’s loved ones prepared to say their final farewells at his funeral service in Houston on Tuesday, thousands came to the city to pay their own respects, including Wanda Cooper Jones, the mother of Ahmaud […]

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Human remains found at Chad Daybell’s home, husband of Lori Vallow, mom of missing Idaho kids

Human remains found at Chad Daybell’s home, husband of Lori Vallow, mom of missing Idaho kids

carlballou/iStockBY MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS (FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho) — What are believed to be human remains have been found at the home of the current husband of Lori Vallow, whose children have been missing. The remains have yet to be identified, police said. Rexburg Police served a search warrant on […]

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Salt Lake City Council to consider calls to ‘defund’ police

Salt Lake City Council to consider calls to ‘defund’ police

SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — The Salt Lake City Council will consider calls to redirect a portion of its police budget to community services amid national protests against police brutality. Several council members have said they are open to discussing how to “defund” the city’s police department […]

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Utah gubernatorial candidate tests negative for COVID-19

Utah gubernatorial candidate tests negative for COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has tested negative for COVID-19, several days after his campaign revealed one of its staffers had the coronavirus. Huntsman is one of four Republican gubernatorial candidates on the June primary ballot. Campaign manager Lisa Roskelley said Monday that […]

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Killing of Utah mayor in Afghanistan was planned

Killing of Utah mayor in Afghanistan was planned

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An investigative report by the U.S. Army found that an Afghan commando who fatally shot a Utah mayor serving in the National Guard in 2018 had planned the killing for weeks. The report that was obtained through a public records request by the Standard-Examiner newspaper in […]

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Parents file 2nd suit against university in student’s death

Parents file 2nd suit against university in student’s death

The parents of a University of Utah student who was shot and killed on campus in 2018 have filed another lawsuit against the school. Jill and Matt McCluskey allege in a lawsuit filed Monday that the university violated the state constitution by dismissing their daughter’s requests for help. Track athlete […]

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