Month: January 2021
Ogden coffee shop owner, activist push for social justice
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An Ogden coffee shop owner and local activist have joined forces to create three coffee blends highlighting social justice. The new products are called “Diversity Blend,” “Unity Blend” and “Equality Blend.” Amir Jackson founded and operates Nurture the Creative Mind, a nonprofit that works to empower […]
Sen. Romney decries effort to overturn presidential election
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is among a group of U.S. lawmakers who have objected to an effort by fellow lawmakers to overturn the presidential election results. The Salt Lake Tribune reports a bipartisan group of 10 senators issued a statement Sunday calling for an end […]
Initial Boys and Girls Basketball RPI released
MIDVALE, Utah-Monday, the Utah High School Activities Association released its initial RPI for schools competing in boys and girls basketball in all classifications. Here are the classifications and Mid-Utah Radio Sports Network schools pertaining to our coverage area, with their ranking, records and RPI percentage. 3-A Boys 1.Grantsville (6-0) .757 […]
Coronavirus live updates: South Africa variant ‘more of a problem’ than UK strain
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 85.1 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s how […]
44 California emergency room staffers infected with COVID-19 after Christmas
MJFelt/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Health officials said they are conducting an investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak among the emergency room staff at a San Jose, California hospital that has infected 44 people since Christmas, when a staffer wore an “air-powered” costume to cheer everyone up. […]
Deaths of two female Army soldiers probed in Texas, one fatally shot on freeway
Staff Sergeant Jessica Mitchell is seen in this undated photo. (United States Air Force)By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The apparently unrelated deaths of two female Army soldiers in Texas are under investigation after officials said one died after being shot in her car on a freeway on […]
Woman killed, three deputies wounded in shooting outside Houston nightclub
kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (HOUSTON) — A woman was killed and three sheriff’s deputies were wounded when a gunman opened fire early Sunday during a fight in the parking lot of a Houston nightclub, authorities said. The shooting erupted at 2:20 a.m. outside Set Nightclub in the city’s Midtown […]
Jazz set season-high for 3-pointers, beat Spurs 130-109
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 28 points and the Utah Jazz made a season-high 21 3-pointers to beat the San Antonio Spurs 130-109. It was Utah’s largest margin of victory and their third win in four games. San Antonio suffered its fourth straight loss as well as its […]
Coronavirus updates: US death toll tops 350,000
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 83.3 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems […]



















