Toa55/iStockBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS (PORTLAND, Ore.) –A man was arrested on arson charges Friday for allegedly setting a fire earlier this week in southern Oregon, while the region was already beset with the Almeda Fire. Michael Jarrod Bakkela, 41, was charged with two counts of arson, along with 15 […]
DaveAlan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL AND KARMA ALLEN, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — An estimated 500,000 Oregon residents are facing evacuation because of the wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres, according to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. The nearly 70 active wildfires raging along the West Coast have […]
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Tropical Depression 19 is moving across the southern end of the Florida Peninsula Saturday. The center of the storm is now 25 miles west, southwest of Miami, Florida, and is moving west at 9 MPH. The depression currently has winds of […]
WASATCH MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, Utah-Friday, the Millard Eagles’ cross country squad competed at the Wasatch XC Invitational at Soldier Hollow. In Section 1 of the girls’ varsity 3-mile race, the Eagles were represented by senior Katy Kelly (35th place, 21:47.90), senior Audrey Camp (53rd place, 22:55.70), junior Hannah Koyle (67th […]
Football 2-A South SALINA, Utah-Bryant Jimenez returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown and the Enterprise Wolves improved to 2-0 in 2-A South play by overpowering North Sevier 22-9 in 2-A South action Friday. Enterprise came through with opportunistic plays all evening and used a 17-play 86-yard drive in […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The family of George Floyd pushed back against accusations levied against him in court on Friday after lawyers claimed he had taken drugs prior to his fatal encounter with Minneapolis police in May. Defense attorneys for the four officers charged […]
Breonna Taylor FamilyBY: JOHN KAPETANEAS, LAURA COBURN, STEPHANIE FASANO, CHO PARK, SAMANTHA SERGI AND ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC NEWS This report is part of “Turning Point,” a groundbreaking month-long series by ABC News examining the racial reckoning sweeping the United States and exploring whether it can lead to lasting reconciliation. (NEW […]
MIDVALE, Utah-Friday, the Utah High School Activities Association released its first volleyball RPI of the season. In 1-A, the Rich Rebels (5-2) are the No. 1 team in the RPI. Valley (10-2) is No. 2, followed by No. 3 Intermountain Christian (6-1), No. 4 Piute (7-2), No. 5 Escalante, (7-3) […]
A new report underscores that kids can bring the new coronavirus home from day care and infect relatives. The study released Friday comes from researchers in Utah and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It focused on three outbreaks in Salt Lake City child care facilities between April […]
iStock/stevanovikigor BY: MICHAEL DOBUSKI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — “Doomscrolling,” also known as “Doomsurfing,” refers to the practice of surfing or scrolling through bad news headlines on the internet, even if those stories create unpleasant or unhealthy feelings.Google reported a spike in searches for the term this past July. “It’s definitely come […]
