Laura Cavanaugh/Getty ImagesBy LUKE BARR and MARK OSBORNE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the recently arrested confidant of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was given paper clothes upon checking into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, over fears that she might take her own life, two […]
Resources from multiple agencies responded on July 9 to a new wildfire located south of Kanosh, east of interstate 15 near mile marker 143. Currently, erratic winds are pushing the fire to the north, and multiple engines and a hand crew are working to suppress what is being referred to […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 550,000 people worldwide. Over 12 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 552,000 people worldwide. Over 12.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled […]
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (LOS ANGELES) — A security guard at a Southern California market fatally shot a man who refused to wear a mask, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said that Umeir Corniche Hawkins, 38, was charged with murder in the death of Jerry […]
kali9/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS (PALMDALE, Calif.) — The death of a 24-year-old Black man who was found hanging from a tree was confirmed to be a suicide, authorities said Thursday at a press conference. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Commander Chris Marks said that there were no signs of a struggle […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Fay has developed along the East Coast on Thursday evening. The low-pressure system was sitting 40 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at the time of its forming about 5 p.m. There is currently a tropical storm warning […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will require masks in schools as they reopen in the fall, but Republican Gov. Gary Herbert stopped short of a statewide mandate Thursday. Herbert’s decision comes a day after the state reported its highest single-day increase of newly confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A district attorney says Utah police officers were legally justified in firing more than 20 times and killing an armed man as he ran away. The case has become a rallying point for protesters in the state amid a national wave of dissent against police […]
In a meeting Thursday, the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Board-of-Trustees moved to continue statewide plans to begin the Fall season of education-based activities in Utah as scheduled, in accordance with plans to return to in-person or blended learning at high schools across the state. The Association’s governing board […]
