ST. GEORGE, Utah-Seven Dixie State men’s basketball student-athletes were named to the 2019-20 National Association of Basketball Coaches Academic Honor Court, as the organization confirmed Wednesday. The Trailblazers were also recognized with the NABC’s 2019-20 Team Academic Excellence Award. Among the seven members of last season’s squad who earned these […]
LordRunar/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (NEW ORLEANS) — Nine months after a Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans partially collapsed and killed three construction workers, the bodies of two who had been trapped inside will soon be removed, officials said. The remains of Quinnyon Wimberly, 36, and Jose Ponce […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of pointing a bow and arrow at protesters has been ordered to stand trial on four criminal counts. The Deseret News reported that Brandon McCormick, 57, has not yet entered a plea to four third-degree felony charges stemming from the incident. […]
ABC NewsBY: KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A young Black boy from Maryland went viral for his powerful, poetic prose, which captured the heavy atmosphere of racial injustice in the United States. Like so many Americans, Josiah Wheeler — an 11-year-old musician and artist — was saddened and […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State senior running back Jaylen Warren has been named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List, it was announced Wednesday by the National College Football Awards Association. The award, named for SMU’s three-time All-America running back Doak Walker, is presented annually to the nation’s top college running […]
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 […]
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 579,000 people worldwide. Over 13.3 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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say toxic levels of a cyanobacteria have been detected in a Utah river for the first time after a dog suffered seizures and died. The dog was at Zion National Park’s Virgin River. Public health officials in the state have since cautioned people against […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah tallied 10 more confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, the latest sign showing the severity of a surge of case that began after businesses reopened in May. The Utah Health Department reported that Six of the deaths came in rural San Juan County in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man has released a list of proposed deadly force policy reforms. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill released 22 recommendations on Monday that include holding officers to a higher standard […]
