ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Fast-moving Hurricane Zeta, a Category 2 storm, is nearing landfall on the southeastern coast of Louisiana, potentially delivering storm surge of up to 11 feet. Hurricane warnings had been issued for southeastern Louisiana, including New Orleans, and for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal environmental officials have approved a plan by the state of Utah for new pollution controls at the state’s oldest coal-fired power plants. The plan aims to reduce haze near Arches and Canyonlands national parks and other wilderness areas. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’ announced […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City will go from two daily printed newspapers to none after both of its major publications cut print days to once a week in moves that could portend more struggles for the country’s newspaper industry. The 170-year-old Deseret News said it will stop […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Burgess Owens is refunding and reallocating illegal campaign donations that went above contribution limits. The New York Times reported Tuesday the former football player challenging first-term Congressman Ben McAdams collected about $135,000 in excess contributions. The news comes shortly after he raised a large […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday, Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller and her family announced the NBA franchise will be sold. A press conference is slated for 10:00 am this morning. Miller, the owner and chair of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies (LHM Group) and her family announced entrance into “definitive […]
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide. Over 44 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center […]
cbarnesphotography/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Five people were arrested Wednesday, and one more was being sought, on charges they acted as illegal agents of China. The six acted at the direction of Chinese government officials as they tried to force Chinese nationals in the United States to […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Zeta, a fast-moving Category 1 hurricane racing toward the Gulf Coast, is expected to make landfall in eastern Louisiana between 5 p.m. and 7 pm. local time. “You should be finalizing your preparations,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards […]
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.1 million people worldwide. Over 43.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 300,000 people are without power overnight as ice storms continue for Oklahoma and parts of northern Texas in what is the earliest ice storm ever recorded in Oklahoma. Almost 1 inch of ice accumulated in Oklahoma bringing trees down […]
