Mark Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s defensive player of the year during a career spent entirely with the Utah Jazz, has died. He was 64. The team announced his death Saturday. Eaton left his home for a bike ride Friday night in Summit County, Utah, […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say a mother and metro Las Vegas authorities misidentified an 8-year-old boy as a young homicide victim and that the boy, an older half-brother and their father were all found safe in Utah. Police homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said the homicide victim, whose […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The college graduation of twin sisters from a refugee family in Salt Lake City marked a key milestone in a journey that is a testament to their hard work, their parents’ insistence that they place a high value on educational opportunities, and the collective efforts […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have identified two men who died in a small plane crash in the mountains of northern Utah. Authorities say Devin Criddle died at the scene of the crash near Powder Mountain ski area Saturday morning. His sister tells KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City that […]
Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of police and community volunteers combed through miles of wilderness in Iowa during a weekend-long search for a missing 11-year-old boy. Xavior Harrelson was last seen on Thursday morning in Montezuma, Iowa, according to the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office. Over 100 police […]
Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has upheld the eight-game suspension from Colorado forward Nazem Kadri. During game two of the Avalanche-Blues first-round series, Kadri hit St. Louis defenseman Justin Faulk with an illegal check to the head. The hit occurred at the […]
ABC (BRIDGETON, N.J.) — Bridgeton, New Jersey, is a small city about 45 minutes south of Philadelphia — tucked between fields and farms. Nearly 50% of the population there is Hispanic, according to the census. Shops, restaurants and grocery stores dedicated to Latinos line the streets. Many of these businesses […]
KGO (SAN FRANCISCO) — A bystander who rushed to help when an officer was attacked in San Francisco said the suspect “had a death grip on her.” The officer responded Friday evening to a report of a person making threats, and after making contact with the suspect, the suspect assaulted […]
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Tennis star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open saying she does not want to be a distraction. pic.twitter.com/LN2ANnoAYD — NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) May 31, 2021 She wrote that since the 2018 US Open final she has been suffering from long bouts of depression […]
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Tennis star Naomi Osaka said she’s withdrawing from this year’s French Open. Osaka posted a statement to Twitter on Monday with her intention to withdraw from the Grand Slam tournament. It follows the controversy surrounding her decision to skip press conferences for the […]
