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Month: March 2021

Utah accelerates plan to get all adults COVID-19 vaccines

Utah accelerates plan to get all adults COVID-19 vaccines

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah adults can begin signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine on March 24 _ one week earlier that previously planned because the state has unallocated doses, Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday. Cox said Thursday during a televised news conference on PBS-Utah that about 15% of […]

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FBI releases new videos of Capitol attack, asks for help identifying suspects

FBI releases new videos of Capitol attack, asks for help identifying suspects

FBIBy LUKE BARR and JACK DATE, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Thursday released more videos and pictures of alleged assaults on police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The released content includes images from more than 15,000 hours of video evidence collected by the FBI. […]

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Georgia sheriff’s department under fire after official says spa shootings suspect had ‘really bad day’

Georgia sheriff’s department under fire after official says spa shootings suspect had ‘really bad day’

Megan Varner/Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga.) — The sheriff’s department in Cherokee County, Georgia, is facing backlash after a captain described the alleged gunman in the killings of eight people at Atlanta-area spas as having “a really bad day.” The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Long, was taken […]

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Three arrested in beating and robbery of Asian man in San Francisco laundromat

Three arrested in beating and robbery of Asian man in San Francisco laundromat

San Francisco Police Dept.By MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — Three people have been arrested for robbing and attacking a 67-year-old Asian American man in a San Francisco laundromat in February. Calvin Berschell, Jason Orozco and Nolowde Beshears, all 19 year olds, were arrested in the attack, police announced […]

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Man arrested after swinging rod in highway standoff

Man arrested after swinging rod in highway standoff

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah highway was shut down midday Wednesday as a SWAT team responded to a man confronting officers with a metal rod. KSL-TV reports officers tried to stop the man because he was driving erratically in a pickup truck that had spray-painted windows, as well […]

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Utah Republican Party chair will not run for 2nd term

Utah Republican Party chair will not run for 2nd term

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party’s chairman has announced that he will not run for a second term. Derek Brown announced Tuesday he would avoid running again in order to spend more time with family and that he is ready to “pass the baton.” The Utah Republican […]

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Interior secretary to visit Utah ahead of monument review

Interior secretary to visit Utah ahead of monument review

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is planning to visit Utah next month before submitting a review on whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments in the state, the agency announced Wednesday. Haaland is expected to submit the […]

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Ex-NBA player Shawn Bradley paralyzed in cycling accident

Ex-NBA player Shawn Bradley paralyzed in cycling accident

Former NBA player Shawn Bradley has revealed he was paralyzed when struck from behind by a vehicle while riding a bike near his Utah home. Bradley says in a statement nearly two months after the accident he intends to bring awareness to bicycle safety. The incident involving the 48-year-old occurred […]

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Western Conference leader Utah and Washington meet

Western Conference leader Utah and Washington meet

WASHINGTON (AP)-Utah Jazz (29-10, first in the Western Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (14-25, 13th in the Eastern Conference) Washington; Thursday, 5 p.m. MDT BOTTOM LINE: The Western Conference-leading Utah Jazz play the Washington Wizards. The Wizards are 7-14 in home games. Washington is fourth in the Eastern Conference scoring 114.7 […]

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Two men indicted for conspiring to injure officers including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick

Two men indicted for conspiring to injure officers including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick

Kuzma/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The two men arrested and charged last week for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and other officers with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot now have been indicted by a grand jury on 10 counts. Charges against […]

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