DaveAlan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL AND KARMA ALLEN, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — An estimated 500,000 Oregon residents have fled 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 produced […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City schools will delay their first day until Monday due to continued power outages after a windstorm tore through Utah this week. The storm knocked down trees and caused significant damage from Salt Lake City to Logan. Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor and state leaders have announced new plans for fighting the coronavirus pandemic and boosting the state’s economy. The state is aiming to keep its COVID-19 fatality rate below 1% and maintain a 4.5% unemployment rate. State officials also unveiled an online dashboard that […]
In a statement sent out to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Sept. 11, the First Presidency of the church shared newly approved guidelines to “help church leaders and members safely increase engagement in worship and other activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The letter […]
mbbirdy/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nineteen years ago Friday, nearly 3,000 American lives were lost when planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. But as the U.S. commemorates […]
mbbirdy/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nineteen years ago Friday, nearly 3,000 American lives were lost when planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. But as the U.S. commemorates […]
Orange County Sheriff’s DepartmentBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A California sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and placed on administrative leave for allegedly burglarizing a home after responding to the death of an elderly man. Steve Hortz was a 12-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department prior […]
Orange County Sheriff’s DepartmentBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A California sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and placed on administrative leave for allegedly burglarizing a home after responding to the death of an elderly man. Steve Hortz was a 12-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department prior […]
DaveAlan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An estimated 500,000 people in Oregon have evacuated as a result of the wildfires burning hundreds of thousands of acres across the state, according to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. Amid the devastating blazes, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — There was a lot of flash flooding around the eastern U.S., from Florida to Washington, D.C. Thursday, where record rainfall fell. Some areas in Florida and Virginia got more than 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours, which caused flash […]
