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Month: October 2020

Attorneys for Breonna Taylor’s family ask governor to appoint new special prosecutor

Attorneys for Breonna Taylor’s family ask governor to appoint new special prosecutor

Breonna Taylor FamilyBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Saying their fight for justice is not over, attorneys for Breonna Taylor’s family asked the governor of Kentucky to appoint a new special prosecutor to reopen the case and slammed state Attorney General Daniel Cameron for “intentionally” not presenting homicide […]

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102-year-old woman casts her mail-in ballot in PPE, says to voters, ‘So can you’

102-year-old woman casts her mail-in ballot in PPE, says to voters, ‘So can you’

Darylann Elmi/iStockBy GMA TEAM, ABC News (CHICAGO) — A 102-year-old woman who just cast her mail-in ballot for the 2020 election has a message for other would-be voters, “If I can do it, so can you.” “That’s why I had my grandson take a photo of me because if I […]

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California surpasses 4 million acres burned as battle against wildfires goes on

California surpasses 4 million acres burned as battle against wildfires goes on

Toa55/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — In already the worst wildfire season in California history, the state marked another grim milestone on Sunday when it surpassed 4 million acres burned, more than doubling the previous single-year record set in 2018. “We are dwarfing that previous record, and we […]

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Two college students plummet four floors while taking selfie at rooftop party

Two college students plummet four floors while taking selfie at rooftop party

ABC News/WPVI-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — Two college students have been hospitalized after plummeting four stories while they were allegedly trying to take a selfie at a rooftop party, according to ABC News’ Philadelphia station WPVI-TV. The incident occurred at approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday morning when police […]

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Wright-Phillips, Rossi strike quickly, LAFC beats RSL 3-1

Wright-Phillips, Rossi strike quickly, LAFC beats RSL 3-1

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Bradley Wright-Phillips and  Diego Rossi scored in a five-minute span midway through the first half to help Los Angeles FC beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 on Sunday night. Tied for seventh with Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference entering the game, Los Angeles jumped ahead […]

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Piute County School District temporarily switches to online learning

Piute County School District temporarily switches to online learning

On Oct. 4 the Piute County School District announced that the district is going to switch to online learning for the next two weeks due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Digital instruction will begin Oct. 5 and in person learning will resume on Oct. 21. According to the letter […]

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Top teacher hopes more equitable system follows pandemic

Top teacher hopes more equitable system follows pandemic

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has a new teacher of the year. John Arthur teaches sixth grade at Meadowlark Elementary School in Salt Lake City. He credits his own teachers for helping him find his voice when he was a self-described shy Korean boy.  The Deseret News reports now […]

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Utah records 3rd day in a row of over 1,000 new virus cases

Utah records 3rd day in a row of over 1,000 new virus cases

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 cases in Utah is continuing with another 1,068 additional reported infections. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the case number Saturday marks the eighth day of more than 1,000 daily cases in the last two weeks. The Utah Department of Health […]

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Mormon leaders call for end to racism, protest violence

Mormon leaders call for end to racism, protest violence

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday to root out racism and make the faith an “oasis of unity” while also decrying violence at recent racial injustice protests they said amounted to “anarchy.” Dallin H. Oaks, the second-highest-ranking […]

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Trench collapses, kills worker south of Provo

Trench collapses, kills worker south of Provo

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 36-year-old man died after the trench he was working in collapsed at a construction site south of Provo. Spanish Fork Police Lt. Brandon Anderson tells KSL-TV that emergency crews were called to the site late Saturday afternoon, and the man’s co-workers had […]

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