m-imagephotography /iStockBy Jacqueline Laurean Yate via GMA (SACRAMENTO) — One day shy of a year ago today, California became the first state to pass a law banning natural hair discrimination. To commemorate, July 3 has been declared National Crown Day to celebrate the day the CROWN Act (Create a Respectful […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Protesters from two opposing groups gathered in Provo on Wednesday after an SUV driver was shot while driving through protesters earlier in the week. A video of the incident captured by KSL-TV shows a man fire a shot at the driver as the car began slowly […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to killing a 15-year-old girl who threatened to tell police he had sex with her. The Deseret News reports 26-year-old Shaun Patrick French pleaded guilty to aggravated murder. French admitted to waiting for 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw to return home […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Utah Legislature has been ousted, months after sponsoring a controversial tax-overhaul bill. Republican Sen. Lyle Hillyard of Logan conceded the race to the Deseret News on Wednesday. He had held the seat for nearly 40 years. His opponent, Republican businessman […]
Ft Lauderdale PDBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Officers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are being investigated for their actions during a May 31 protest after body camera footage surfaced that appears to show them laughing and celebrating after shooting rubber bullets at protesters. The footage, first obtained […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 516,000 people worldwide. Over 10.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled […]
JazzIRT/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (HOUSTON) — The surge in coronavirus cases has gotten so bad in Houston that two of the city’s hospitals have begun transporting patients to other cities in Texas. Harris Health Systems, which runs Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals, over the last 24 hours has transferred […]
Paul Zimmerman/WireImageBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested by the FBI in New Hampshire on Thursday morning. Maxwell, 58, was charged by the Southern District of New York, which did not stop investigating Epstein’s associates after his death, with […]
Paul Zimmerman/WireImageBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested by the FBI in New Hampshire on Thursday morning. Maxwell, 58, has been accused by several women of enabling, facilitating or participating in their abuse. She has previously denied wrongdoing. She […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 516,000 people worldwide. Over 10.6 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 […]
