ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Biologists in southern Utah are surveying the damage left by a wildfire that scorched large swaths of land set aside for rare tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The Spectrum reports that on a recent day in late August, they fanned out on a landscape that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As colleges grapple with the coronavirus, institutions across the country are turning campus sewage into a public health tool. At least two schools in Utah and Arizona have quarantined hundreds of students after tests showed the presence of genetic material from the virus in wastewater. […]
iStock/MotortionBy: BILL HUTCHINSON and STEPHANIE WASH, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wis.) — In his first public comments about being shot seven times in the back and paralyzed by a Wisconsin police officer, Jacob Blake described the pain he endures 24 hours a day and how his life changed in the snap […]
iStockBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Michael Bloomberg isn’t shy about leveraging his fortune in an attempt to solve intractable problems, like obesity and gun violence. On Sept. 3, the billionaire added another public health project to his fix-it list: America’s Black doctor shortage. Bloomberg announced Thursday that […]
OREM, Utah-Saturday, various Mid-Utah Radio Sports Network athletes competed at the Timpanogos Cross Country Invitational hosted by Timpanogos High School. In the senior girls’ 3-mile run, Juab’s Cambree Olsen placed 32nd overall (22:39.60). The junior girls’ 3-mile run saw her teammate, Michelle Bunker, finish 53rd overall (23:36.40). Meanwhile, Manti’s April […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — After the third night of protests in Rochester, New York, nearly a dozen people were arrested and three officers were hospitalized as thousands took to the streets calling for justice for Daniel Prude, a Black man who died […]
Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesBY: SAMARA LYNN, ABC NEWS (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — As the Kentucky Derby is set to get underway Saturday afternoon, the city of Louisville is bracing for anticipated protests from far-right activists and those calling for justice in the aftermath of Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting by Louisville, Kentucky, […]
Deagreez/iStockBY: KARMA ALLEN, ABC NEWS (BOSTON) — Northeastern University said it has dismissed 11 freshmen who allegedly violated coronavirus social distancing rules this week as students returned to campus for the fall semester, officials said Friday. The students, all members of the university’s study abroad program, known as N.U.in, were […]
Saturday, a pair of prominent Utah Utes football standouts from last season made the news as NFL teams begin to prepare their rosters for final cutdowns. Senior staff/writer Jeff Zrebeic of the Athletic-Baltimore confirmed the Baltimore Ravens are releasing Tyler Huntley, the former Utes’ quarterback. Ravens have waived UDFA QB […]
HOUSTON-Friday, BYU football confirmed their game against the Houston Cougars, slated for October 16 at LaVell Edwards Stadium has instead become a road game. The BYU Cougars will face Houston on this same day but instead at TDECU Stadium on the University of Houston campus. This will be a 7:30 […]
