BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Bill Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after his conviction on sexual assault charges was overturned by Pennsylvania’s highest court. The 83-year-old Cosby walked out of the State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday afternoon, officials told ABC News. Cosby’s publicist, […]
SALT LAKE CITY — With thousands of visitors expected to spend their Fourth of July weekend enjoying the outdoors, the risk of human-caused wildfire increases. Fire restrictions are in effect across all public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah to help reduce the risk of wildfires […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other local leaders are urging state residents to forgo using personal fireworks this summer as the state faces a historic drought. Cox and more than 30 Utah city mayors and council members called on people to instead celebrate July Fourth […]
jetcityimage/iStock (NEW YORK) — The NCAA Division I board is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review an interim policy that would temporarily “suspend amateurism rules” related to athletes’ ability to make money from their name, image and likeness. The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to recommend the interim NIL […]
kuzma/iStock (NEW YORK) — A California woman who allegedly falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone at the Arlo Hotel in New York City last year was arraigned in Manhattan on Wednesday and charged with hate crimes. Miya Ponsetto, 22, pleaded not guilty. On Dec. 26, 2020, in […]
Chalabala/iStock (BATON ROUGE, La.) — ‘Resources, resolve and reassurance.” That’s the simple, three-word message Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul told commanders Tuesday he wants to send to the community about the city’s surge in violent crime. As part of an in-depth look at how the city is dealing with […]
DENVER-Wednesday, Utah Valley men’s basketball redshirt sophomore center Fairdaws Aimaq earned the WAC 2020-21 Joe Kearney Award. Named in honor of former WAC commissioner Joe Kearney (1980-1994), this award is presented to the top male and female student-athletes in the WAC annually. This past season, Aimaq posted 13.9 points and […]
DNY59/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ civil rights organization, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit to challenge a Florida state law that bans transgender girls from participating in sports that correspond with their gender identity. The law, called the “Fairness in Women Sports Act,” is […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Unrelenting heat waves are still pounding the Northeast and Pacific Northwest — but cooler weather is on its way for East Coast residents. Heat is a silent killer. On average, more people die from heat than any other severe weather, including tornadoes, hurricanes or flooding, […]
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Bill Cosby is to be released from prison Wednesday after his conviction was overturned. His publicist, Andrew Wyatt, will be picking him up to leave prison within hours, Wyatt confirmed to ABC News. Cosby was sentenced in September 2018 to three to 10 […]
