iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) — A man who survived more than three weeks in the Alaskan wilderness after a fire burned down his home and killed his dog was rescued after writing “SOS” in the snow. Troopers from the Alaska Department of Public Safety responded to a welfare check for Tyson […]
iStock (DENVER) — A manhunt is underway in Colorado for at least one gunman who opened fire at a crowded house party in a Denver suburb, wounding five people, including three juveniles, police said. The shooting occurred just before 11 p.m. on Saturday at an apartment in Aurora, about 10 […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — Police are investigating the deaths of infant twins after they died of cardiac arrest at a New York City-funded shelter. The New York Police Department responded to a call for help at the Landing Hotel, a former hotel that has since been turned into a privately run […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A group that advocates for protection of wild horses says a federal agency didn’t provide adequate notice of a weeks-long roundup planned to begin Monday in Nevada and Utah and is asking for a postponement. The American Wild Horse Campaign says the Bureau of Land Management […]
MIDWAY, Utah (AP) — An otherworldly frozen kingdom has made its annual winter debut in Utah. The Daily Herald reports Midway Ice Castles feature ice walls and tall towers that take 10,000 man hours and tons of ice and snow to create. New additions this year include a light garden […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and other crimes in the death of his 74-year-grandfather whose body was found by firefighters after a fire at his home. Police say 28-year-old Maxwell Wolcott was arrested after allegedly telling investigators that he forced his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Membership growth in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah has slowed to its lowest level in decades. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the church added just 4,900 members in Utah in between October 2018 and September 2019. The church grew by fewer […]
iStock(JERSEY CITY, N.J.) — A woman in New Jersey claims she got a very unpleasant — and potentially hazardous — Amazon delivery this week when she ordered two boxes of diapers. Nassly Sales from Jersey City, New Jersey, placed an order for diapers on Amazon’s Warehouse section where open-box and […]
iStock(GRANBURY, Texas) — A Granbury, Texas, man who bravely jumped into action last month by gunning down an active shooter at a church is expected to receive the state’s highest civilian honor. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he will present Jack Wilson with the Medal of Courage on Monday […]
iStock(VENICE, Calif.) — A homeless man has been arrested after attempting to kidnap a 6-year-old girl while she ate pizza with her family. The incident happened in Venice, California, on Saturday night when the girl and her family were eating outside on the patio of a pizza restaurant. The man […]
