iStock/TNT_bomb_dot_com(BLOOMINGTON, Indiana) — BY: MEREDITH DELISO and CHERYL GENDRON, ABC News Bloomington police arrested a 66-year-old Indiana woman in a hit-and-run crash that injured two protesters, officials said Thursday. Christi Bennett was arrested late Wednesday and charged with two counts of criminal recklessness, a felony. She was also charged with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black Lives Matter street mural painted in northern Utah was defaced and partially covered with gray paint, days after it was painted by local artists. Park City Mayor Andy Beerman said in a statement Wednesday that people must be educated and held accountable to […]
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio brought the Black Lives Matter movement right to President Donald Trump’s doorstep on Thursday. As part of the city’s efforts to honor Black New Yorkers, the mayor, his wife, other elected officials and volunteers painted the message […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man was charged after authorities said his vehicle started a fire that damaged a rock preserve near Utah Lake and injured a passenger. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that authorities charged 21-year-old Dominic Deros with criminal mischief and trespassing, both misdemeanors, after […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — A Native American group has asked a Utah school district to stop using the name “Braves” for a high school team. KSTU-TV reported James Courage Singer of the Utah League of Native American Voters urged the Davis School District to stop using the name and mascot […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering issuing a statewide mask mandate after discussing the issue with state legislators this week. The Republican governor raised the possibility of a statewide order last week as the state has continued experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Fox 13 […]
George Floyd is pictured in an undated photo released by the office of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump. – undefined Courtesy Ben Crump LawBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — “Please don’t shoot me,” George Floyd repeated at least four times, according to newly released audio transcripts of body cameras […]
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 […]
BriBar/iStockBy EVAN SIMON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Traditional subsistence hunting has always been a pillar of life along Alaska’s remote North Slope. Dependable migrations of bowhead whales, Arctic grayling fish, and the country’s last remaining caribou herds have provided for generations of indigenous Alaskans who make their home on […]
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Naya Rivera, best known for playing Santana Lopez on the hit TV show “Glee,” is presumed dead by authorities after going missing at a California lake on Wednesday. Rivera, 33, is believed to have drowned in Lake Piru in California, the Ventura […]
