Georgia Bureau of Investigations(NEW YORK) — A Jane Doe murder victim who has remained nameless since her body was discovered in a Georgia cornfield on Halloween 1981 has finally been identified almost 40 years later. On Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced that the “Brooks County Jane Doe” […]
fizkes/iStock(CINCINNATI) — A Cincinnati LGBTQ organization received a blessing in the form of a celebrity retweet this week when late-night talk show host Seth Meyers urged his followers to support the organization’s fundraiser. The co-founders of Transform, a donation-based organization that helps transgender children build wardrobes to fit their new […]
Kai Edwards’ basket with 3.5 seconds to go gave Northern Colorado its first-ever win at Weber State, 65-64 on Thursday night. The victory was the first in 14 trips to Ogden for the Bears, who extended their win streak to three games. Edwards had scored consecutive baskets to give the […]
Cameron Oluyitan scored 20 points and John Knight III scored 15 off the bench and Southern Utah beat Idaho State 71-55. Southern Utah built a 20-6 lead almost nine minutes in before the Bengals outscored them 23-13 and trailed 33-29 at halftime. Austin Smellie’s 3-pointer for Idaho State with 12:34 […]
Girls Basketball Region 14 SPANISH FORK, Utah-Megan Robins netted 18 points and the Juab Wasps got past American Leadership 54-48 Thursday in Region 14 girls basketball action. Megan Edwards’ game-high 20 points led the Eagles in defeat. DELTA, Utah-Katie Larsen had 8 points and the Manti Templars humbled Delta 33-22 […]
iStock(FORT JACKSON) — A 19-year-old Army National Guard soldier was found dead at Fort Jackson less than four months after an Army recruit died on the same post. The soldier, Pvt. Connor J. McGurran, a native of Owatonna, Minnesota, was found unresponsive by fellow soldiers during a training exercise Wednesday […]
The Mountain West has agreed to six-year media rights deals with CBS Sports and Fox Sports that are worth a combined $270 million. The agreements include football and men’s basketball. The deals begin in 2020-21 and run through the 2025-26 season. There are additional third-tier rights still in negotiation. This […]
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office(PALM COAST, Fla.) — A teacher in Florida is facing a charge of simple battery, after cellphone footage taken during class showed him lifting a 14-year-old student out of his desk and shoving him out of the classroom. The incident occurred Tuesday at Buddy Taylor Middle School […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — A New York teen reached for the stars last summer and found a one-of-a-kind planet. Wolf Cukier, 17, an intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, last July, was tasked with going through data on star brightness from the facility’s ongoing Transiting Exoplanet Survey […]
iStock(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — When the Sandy Hook Promise foundation wanted to host a benefit concert at the Alamodome in San Antonio, an organizer for the nonprofit turned to Nancy Jean and Carissa Scott, hoping they could book top musical talent to perform. Jean, of Georgia, and Scott, of Mississippi, […]
