batuhan toker/iStockBy MATTHEW FUHRMAN and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Temperatures in one part of Los Angeles County surged to 121 degrees Sunday, the highest reading ever recorded in that county, as the West Coast grapples with a dangerous heat wave. The National Weather Service said the San […]
Toa55/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (FRESNO, Calif.) — Authorities have rescued dozens of people near a reservoir in California who became trapped by a fast-moving wildfire in a national forest. Local fire departments and law enforcement agencies from Fresno and Madera counties are conducting the massive rescue operation in the […]
filo/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (PORTLAND, Ore.) — The 100th consecutive night of protests in Portland, Oregon quickly escalated into a riot Saturday as people hurled “multiple fire bombs, mortars, rocks and other items” at officers, police said. One of the homemade bombs caught a community member on fire. Medics […]
Authorities are seeking information regarding a string of suspicious fires that occurred in Sanpete County, between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., on September 6. Eleven fires were started along Skyline Drive between South Tent Mountain and Potter’s Canyon. Fire fighters have been able to contain all the fires before the […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Robin Lod scored two goals and Minnesota United snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Sunday night. Lod scored in the 62nd and 90th minutes. He and has five goals in nine games for the Loons. Real Salt […]
Monday night’s season opener between Navy and Brigham Young came together out of necessity. Both teams lost their original first-week opponent because of the coronavirus pandemic, so the schools agreed to play at the Naval Academy. There won’t be any fans in the stands, but the game will be played […]
iStock/MotortionBy: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A federal magistrate judge has recommended that criminal charges be dismissed in a 2018 duck boat sinking during a storm on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people, including nine from the same family. U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush made the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education has added $1 million to extend a competitive grant program intended to connect more households to the internet as more students are learning remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. KSL-TV reported that the board voted Thursday to add funding from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police groups in Utah have called for The Salt Lake Tribune to apologize after it published an editorial cartoon implying white supremacists have infiltrated law enforcement. Police supporters staged a protest outside The Salt Lake Tribune’s printing press Thursday night after the Utah Sheriffs’ Association […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count. The primary season […]
