SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has recorded its highest number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 in five months as the virus surges among unvaccinated people. State health officials renewed their pleas on Wednesday for people to get vaccinated as Utah intensive care units reached 81.5% capacity. There are […]
PROVO, Utah-Thursday, BYU football added former Boise State quarterback Cade Fennegan in the transfer portal. After much consideration I have decided to enter the transfer portal. I’m excited to announce that I’ve been offered a scholarship to play at BYU and will be transferring there this fall. Thank you to […]
iStock/okskukuruza (CALHOUN, Ga.) — A Georgia family is mourning the loss of their 5-year-old son who they say died after contracting COVID-19. Wyatt Gibson, 5, died on July 16 after suffering a stroke, according to a statement written by his grandmother, Andrea Mitchell, and shared with ABC News. Mitchell described […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Thursday, BYU football junior receiver Gunner Romney was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List. This award recognizes FBS college football’s most outstanding pass catcher. Those eligible include receivers, tight ends, tailbacks and slot backs. Romney, the only Utah-based college football player nominated for this award, ranked 15th nationally […]
iStock/TennesseePhotographer (PADUCAH, Ky.) — Ten people have been injured in an explosion at a Kentucky Dippin’ Dots factory. The explosion took place Wednesday at a Dippin’ Dots-owned facility on Industrial Drive in Paducah. The site is not where the ice cream is made, but where ingredients for a third-party company are […]
iStock/Ryosei Watanabe Disability advocates and elected officials are calling on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to rethink its policies after a Paralympic gold medalist swimmer was denied a request to have a care assistant travel with her to Tokyo due to COVID-19 restrictions. Becca Meyers’ ordeal also speaks […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Kansas City 6, Milwaukee 3 Colorado 6, Seattle 3 NY Yankees 6, Philadelphia 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4 Detroit 4, Texas 2 Boston 7, Toronto 4 Cleveland 5, Houston 4 Minnesota […]
iStock/Chalabala (NEW YORK) — The Supreme Court last month remanded a lower court’s ruling that police officers who used excessive force on a 27-year-old man who died in their custody were protected because they didn’t know their actions were unconstitutional. And it’s a decision that could have lasting effects, according […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Rayan Raveloson scored for the third consecutive game to help the LA Galaxy to a 2-2 tie with Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. Julian Araujo played a high ball to the center of the area and Raveloson, at the top of the 6-yard box, scored […]
beerkoff/iStock (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Hospital officials in Northeast Florida are urging people to get vaccinated as the number of COVID-19 patients is approaching or exceeding levels they saw during the worst of the pandemic amid “rampant” spread of the more transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus. UF Health Jacksonville, in […]
