Houston Police DepartmentBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Four Houston police officers were fired Thursday after a months-long investigation of a fatal shooting found that they were “objectively unreasonable” in discharging 21 rounds at a man in distress. On April 21 at around 9 p.m., multiple officers responded to […]
Courtesy John Feal/Feal Good FoundationBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — For the last 19 years, Sept. 11 has cast a lingering shadow on John Feal. The Nesconset, New York resident and former construction worker suffered long-term health damage from working at Ground Zero and endured the emotional pain […]
deepblue4you/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS, GINGER ZEE and LINDSEY GRISWOLD, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Six of the 20 largest wildfires in California history started in August and September 2020 and with average high temperatures continuing to set records, calls are increasing to address the connection between extreme weather events and climate […]
Volleyball Region 14 NEPHI, Utah-Taryn Anderson had eight aces and 17 assists as the Juab Wasps downed American Leadership 3-0 Thursday in Region 14 volleyball action. The Wasps gashed the Eagles 25-17, 25-13 and 25-17 to achieve the straight sets victory. MT. PLEASANT, Utah-The North Sanpete Hawks won a tough […]
DaveAlan/iStockBY: JULIA JACOBO AND WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — At least 17 people in Oregon, California and Washington have now died because of the devastating wildfires ravaging the West Coast, and the destruction is anticipated to worsen, according to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. There were dozens of active […]
DALLAS-BYU linebacker Isaiah Kaufusi posted two sacks and five tackles Monday in the Cougars’ 55-3 decimation of Navy at Annapolis, Md. This resulted in the 6-2 220-pound senior earning Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week honors. He joins former Cougars defensive back Kai Nacua who was honored in […]
iStock/Smikey26BY: JAMES HILL, ABC News (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Federal prosecutors pursuing the criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell in New York are asking a judge to temporarily halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit filed by an alleged child sex-abuse victim against Maxwell and the estate of the late sex-offender Jeffrey […]
Courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionBY: BILL HUTCHINSON and BENJAMIN STEIN, ABC News (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Simultaneous hunts were launched for a tiger spotted by a deputy sheriff roaming around an industrial park in Knoxville, Tennesee, Wednesday night and an alligator that attacked a woman on Thursday in […]
Hanover County, Va.BY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A COVID-19 outbreak has rapidly spread through a Virginia jail, infecting at least 120 inmates and 20 staff members despite emergency protocols officials say have been in place since March to prevent the contagion from infiltrating the facility. The Pamunkey […]
The Fishlake National Forest is proposing to reauthorize livestock grazing on six allotments located on Monroe Mountain. The Southern Monroe Mountain Livestock Grazing Authorization Project is located in south-central Utah; south of Richfield, west of Koosharem, east Marysvale, and northeast of Circleville. The six allotments (Dry Lake, Forshea, Kingston, Koosharem, […]
