SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dixie State University trustees have voted for the school to change its name to Utah Tech University. That came Tuesday after the school’s previous name recommendation faced backlash and confusion. The board voted unanimously to drop the earlier recommendation of Utah Polytechnic State University after […]
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has closed its canyons because of a flash flood warning issued for much of southern Utah. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Tuesday for Hildale, Utah, Zion National Park and other areas near the Utah-Arizona border. Park officials closed access […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-This week, Southern Utah University and Northern Arizona University’s football programs confirmed they will play a 12-game series commencing with the 2028 season. After the Thunderbirds join the Western Athletic Conference, they will maintain their Grand Canyon Rivalry with the Lumberjacks as the agreement attests. The squads have […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — At least 16 people are dead and 147 others remain unaccounted for after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County last week, officials said. A massive search and rescue operation entered its seventh day on Wednesday as […]
kali9/iStock (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A Houston mom was gunned down while visiting Maryland to drop off her son at the U.S. Naval Academy, police said. Michelle Cummings, 57, was sitting on a hotel patio, enjoying the breeze, when she was shot multiple times just after midnight on Tuesday, Annapolis Police […]
King County Sheriff’s Office Emily Shapiro, ABC News (SEATTLE) — When Andrew Devers, an inexperienced 25-year-old hiker, went missing on a day trip in the Washington state wilderness, he managed to survive eight days by thinking on his feet — and called overcoming the mental hurdles the hardest part. Devers […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — At least 12 people are dead and 149 others remain unaccounted for after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County last week, officials said. A massive search and rescue operation entered its seventh day on Wednesday, as […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Unrelenting heat waves are still pounding the Northeast and Pacific Northwest. Heat is a silent killer. On average, more people die from heat than any other severe weather, including tornadoes, hurricanes or flooding, according to the National Weather Service. In Seattle’s King County, at least […]
Adams County Sheriff’s Department (DENVER) — A man has been arrested after allegedly murdering a woman and dumping her body into a trash can inside a storage unit, police say. The incident began on May 20 at approximately 9:37 a.m. in Welby, Colorado, located just north of Denver, when members […]
AELTC/Jed Leicester – Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Serena Williams was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon Tuesday after injuring her right hamstring during her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Williams, 39, slipped on the grass during the first set of the match, causing her to take a medical timeout. She […]
