SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials in northeastern Utah have detected West Nile Virus in a body of water, the state’s first report of the virus this year. KSL-TV reported that the TriCounty Health Department said a water sample from the Uintah Basin tested positive for the virus. West […]
TSABY: AMANDA MAILE and SAM SWEENEY (NEWARK) — A New Jersey woman was arrested after officials found an assault rifle that the Transportation Security Administration described as “artfully concealed” inside her suitcase at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday. TSA officers found the concealed weapon “behind the lining of a […]
ABC News/KTSPBY: IVAN PEREIRA (MINNEAPOLIS) — Nearly two months after George Floyd died at the hand of Minneapolis police officers, Minnesota state leaders approved a comprehensive police reform bill that included a ban on chokeholds and what it deemed “warrior-style training.” The state Legislature passed the bill during the early […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State football has been picked fourth in the Mountain Division of the 2020 Mountain West preseason polls, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. Boise State was picked to win the Mountain Division title as the Broncos garnered 20 first-place votes and earned a total of 125 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz will honor Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan by wearing a patch on their team jerseys and warmups when the NBA season restarts in Orlando, Florida. The patch will feature the number “1223.” That was the total number of wins during Sloan’s […]
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 611,000 people worldwide. Over 14.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Four Utah County Sheriff’s deputies are in isolation after arresting a man who is accused of assaulting a woman after he reportedly tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. Authorities tell the Daily Herald that 31-year-old Matthew Jarel Harding also threatened police officers with […]
ENTERPRISE, Utah (AP) — A minor earthquake struck a remote corner of Utah early Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the magnitude 3.7 quake shook the desert at 3:44 a.m. local time. The epicenter was in Utah’s southwest corner, about 14 miles east of Enterprise and 28 miles north […]
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty ImagesBy AARON KATERSKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Michael Cohen alleges he was sent back to federal prison and put in solitary confinement as retaliation over a tell-all book on the president he aims to publish, according to a lawsuit filed by the […]
Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News (AURORA, Colo.) — City council members in Aurora, Colorado, unanimously passed a resolution Monday evening allowing for an “independent, unbiased” investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man who died after he was apprehended by Aurora, Colorado, police in […]
