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Month: January 2021

Six California inmates escape jail using homemade rope to descend walls, police say

Six California inmates escape jail using homemade rope to descend walls, police say

DanHenson1/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police in central California are on the hunt for six men they say escaped from a jail late Saturday night by scaling down its walls from the roof with homemade rope. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office said the inmates, who range from […]

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Early hole too big for Pistons; Jazz prevail 96-86

DETROIT (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 28 points in a decisive first quarter, and the Utah Jazz held on for a 96-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons were coming off an overtime win over Phoenix on Friday night in which they rallied from a 23-point […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Coronavirus live updates: California reports over 49,000 new cases, 468 new deaths

Coronavirus live updates: Coronavirus live updates: California reports over 49,000 new cases, 468 new deaths

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 88.3 million people worldwide and killed over 1.9 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at […]

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Utah County sued after blocking development at waterfall

Utah County sued after blocking development at waterfall

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah developer who wanted to build a drug treatment facility near a natural waterfall has filed a suit against Utah County after the county blocked private development at the tourist attraction. The lawsuit filed by developer Richard Losee on Wednesday argued that the conservation easement […]

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Utah snowboarder died in backcountry avalanche at Park City

Utah snowboarder died in backcountry avalanche at Park City

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Police say a Utah man who was snowboarding near Park City was caught in an avalanche in the backcountry and died. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says the 31-year-old man from Clinton, Utah was with his girlfriend when he attempted to snowboard down steep backcountry […]

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2 Utah men convicted of fraud charged in $11M scheme

2 Utah men convicted of fraud charged in $11M scheme

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission has said two Utah men who met in prison while serving time for unrelated fraud schemes have been charged in federal court over a fraudulent trading program one of them claimed to have received in a “spiritual revelation.” The Deseret […]

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Utah inmate sues to stop alleged moves that spread COVID-19

Utah inmate sues to stop alleged moves that spread COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state prison inmate has sued the Utah Department of Corrections to stop the movement of inmates among buildings, an alleged lack of mask use by prison officials and other practices he claims spreads the coronavirus. Damon Christ, who is serving time for theft, alleges […]

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Multiple charges for woman accused of attacking teen in NY hotel

Multiple charges for woman accused of attacking teen in NY hotel

WABC-TVBY: MEREDITH DELISO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A California woman faces multiple charges for allegedly falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone and physically attacking him inside a New York City hotel last month. Miya Ponsetto was charged in Manhattan Saturday with two counts of attempted assault, […]

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Winter storm will bring snow from Texas to Mississippi on Sunday and Monday

Winter storm will bring snow from Texas to Mississippi on Sunday and Monday

ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A new winter storm is beginning to develop in the southern high plains this morning and it will bring some snow across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi over the next 36 hours. The very beginnings of this storm brought some snow across […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Nearly 8,000 people hospitalized with COVID in Los Angeles County

Coronavirus live updates: Nearly 8,000 people hospitalized with COVID in Los Angeles County

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 88.3 million people worldwide and killed over 1.9 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at […]

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