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Month: October 2020

Man who recently ran for governor arrested for 1984 murder of 12-year-old girl

Man who recently ran for governor arrested for 1984 murder of 12-year-old girl

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(DENVER) — An Idaho man who recently ran for governor has been arrested for the 1984 murder of a 12-year-old girl, prosecutors said. Steven Pankey is accused of kidnapping Jonelle Matthews from her Greeley, Colorado, home on the night of Dec. 20, 1984, and then shooting […]

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Salt Lake City To Be NCAA Tournament Host In 2024

Salt Lake City To Be NCAA Tournament Host In 2024

SALT LAKE CITY-The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will return to Salt Lake City Wednesday per an official statement. 2024 1st/2nd round sites: Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Memphis, Omaha, Indy, Salt Lake, Spokane. Regionals: Boston, Detroit, Dallas and Los Angeles. — David Worlock (@DavidWorlock) October 14, 2020 The most recent NCAA Tournament […]

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278 Utah inmates contract COVID-19; families host protest

278 Utah inmates contract COVID-19; families host protest

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — The families of inmates in Utah State Prison gathered outside the state Department of Corrections headquarters Tuesday to protest the handling of a coronavirus outbreak at the facility and call for improved safety measures. The group joined advocates with the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah […]

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Utah officials announce new pandemic strategy, mask mandates

Utah officials announce new pandemic strategy, mask mandates

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is implementing a new strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed cases and hospitalizations continued to surge. Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that the state will now place counties under restrictions based on their COVID-19 transmission rates. Six counties are […]

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Coronavirus live updates: 26 states in ‘red zone,’ White House task force says

Coronavirus live updates: 26 states in ‘red zone,’ White House task force says

Samara Heisz/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide. Over 38.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by […]

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How to sign your ballot envelope in Sanpete County

How to sign your ballot envelope in Sanpete County

Ballots were sent out in Sanpete County without a designated signature area on the back of the envelope flap.  Here is a picture of where Sanpete County residents need to sign your envelope to make your vote legitimate.

Animal conservation groups to sue federal government over dwindling giraffe population

Animal conservation groups to sue federal government over dwindling giraffe population

erenmotion/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Multiple animal conservation and protection groups plan to file a lawsuit against the federal government over what they say is a failure to consider protections for giraffes under the Endangered Species Act. The Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Biological […]

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Coronavirus live updates: University says students may have intentionally contracted COVID-19 to sell plasma

Coronavirus live updates: University says students may have intentionally contracted COVID-19 to sell plasma

Samara Heisz/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people worldwide. Over 38.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by […]

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Bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be unveiled in Brooklyn during Women’s History Month

Bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be unveiled in Brooklyn during Women’s History Month

Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A bronze statue of hometown legend Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be unveiled in Brooklyn, New York, during Women’s History Month next year. Ginsburg, who died last month at age 87, was born in Brooklyn […]

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Amy Cooper, woman in racially-charged Central Park birdwatcher 911 call, expected to plead guilty

Amy Cooper, woman in racially-charged Central Park birdwatcher 911 call, expected to plead guilty

Kuzma/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Amy Cooper, the woman charged with calling 911 and falsely accusing a Black man of threatening her in New York’s Central Park, appeared in court via video Wednesday to signal she is prepared to plead guilty and resolve her case through community […]

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