Air Force Thunderbirds/Facebook (WASHINGTON) — A man who jumped off a bridge to save a 2-year-old girl who plunged into a bay during a car crash has been honored with a Thunderbirds flight in Maryland. Jonathan Bauer sprung into action on May 2 when he and his daughter were out […]
Adam Schultz/The White House (WASHINGTON) — The White House will be a little quieter when the Bidens return from Delaware to Washington, D.C., after the passing of their beloved German shepherd, Champ Biden. “Our hearts are heavy today as we let you all know that our beloved German Shepherd, Champ, […]
Courtesy of the Ballard Family (NEW YORK) — This Father’s Day will be an especially difficult one for many of the more than 600,000 American families mourning the death of a loved one to COVID-19. Among those is the Ballard family in North Carolina, grappling with the loss of their […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terance Mann scored a career-high 39 points and the Los Angeles Clippers advanced to a conference final for the first time in the franchise’s 51-year history, beating the Utah Jazz 131-119 on Friday night. Paul George had 28 points and Reggie Jackson added 27 to help […]
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department (PHOENIX) — The suspect in a shooting spree targeting pedestrians and vehicles throughout metropolitan Phoenix on Thursday is a teenage security guard who allegedly told police he believed people were after him in the wake of a separate shooting he was involved in while working at […]
EUGENE, Ore.-Friday, former BYU star runners Anna Camp (Millard High School) and Whittni Orton (Panguitch High School), each of whom are former Mid-Utah Radio Sports Network school multi-sport star athletes, qualified for the semifinals in the women’s 1500-meter run at the USATF Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on the campus […]
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) — The suspect in an alleged road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy in California last month was denied bail Friday for, a judge said, posing a “complete danger to the community.” Marcus Eriz, 24, pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the death […]
Joshua Roberts/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Now that Juneteenth has been recognized as a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., just ahead of Saturday’s June 19 anniversary, advocates are weighing in on how Americans should mark the occasion and what the day should mean to the […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, there was one woman in the room who captured well-deserved attention. Opal Lee was called the “grandmother of the movement” to make Juneteenth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As weekend celebrations for Juneteenth begin, Utah organizers are working to keep conversations around racial equality going in this year’s events. KUER reports the day that falls Saturday is set to commemorate the final emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S. It became a […]
