PROVO, Utah (AP) — County commissioners in Utah postponed a meeting Wednesday where they were expected to discuss mask mandates after people packed the room and ignored social distancing guidelines. Fox-13 reports that the Utah County commissioners cited public safety concerns as the reason for abruptly canceling the meeting. Utah […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Firefighters are battling a wildfire in southern Utah that authorities say was sparked by illegal fireworks. The blaze north of St. George had grown to nearly 19 square miles and was 0% contained as of Wednesday afternoon. The Spectrum newspaper reports authorities are searching for […]
iStock/blackdovfx(HOUSTON) — BY: CATHERINE THORBECKE NASA and the European Space Agency on Thursday released the closest pictures ever taken of the sun that were snapped just a mere 48 million miles away from earth’s nearest star. The images were shot by the Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft that is the result […]
Spalding County Sheriff’s Office(GRIFFIN, Georgia) — BY: LAUREN EFFRON, MARC DORIAN, and ANTHONY RIVAS To Jesse Gates, that October night in 1983 seemed like any other in Griffin, Georgia. The former Spalding County sheriff’s deputy was out driving when he came upon his good friend Timothy Coggins walking down the […]
ABC News(BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) — BY: MATT GUTMAN and MEREDITH DELISO Misty Diaz has undergone 28 surgeries due to spina bifida. During the hundreds of days she’s spent in hospital beds, her father would drive his pickup the 110 miles from Bakersfield, California, to Los Angeles to visit her in the […]
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 584,000 people worldwide. Over 13.5 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 Center for Systems […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were more than 60 damaging storm reports from Colorado to Florida on Wednesday, with four reported tornadoes in Illinois. In Colorado, greater than golf ball-sized hail was reported, while in Illinois, damaging winds up to 70 mph were reported. Meanwhile, […]
Sean Pavone/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — Leaders in Asheville, North Carolina, have taken a historic step to repair centuries of racial prejudice by unanimously voting to provide reparations. The Asheville City Council voted 7-0 on a resolution Tuesday night that formally apologized to its Black residents for […]
photo_chaz/iStockBy ERIC NOLL and KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Americans have celebrated essential workers keeping the country going during the coronavirus pandemic and now a new platform is giving back to those on the front lines. A group of Dartmouth College students started Give Essential, which links donors […]
Will Tudor/iStockBy TOMMY BROOKSBANK, ABC News (NEW YORK) — If you’re looking to watch something out of this world while quarantined at home, turn off the TV and look up at the sky. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all visible to the naked eye across the continental United […]
