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Month: July 2021

Kataluna Enriquez, 1st transgender woman to win Miss Nevada USA, speaks out on overcoming challenges to claim title

Kataluna Enriquez, 1st transgender woman to win Miss Nevada USA, speaks out on overcoming challenges to claim title

ABC News (LAS VEGAS) — Kataluna Enriquez made history on June 27 by winning the title of Miss Nevada USA and becoming the first openly transgender contestant who will compete in the upcoming Miss USA competition. Enriquez, who is Filipina American, beat out 21 other contestants to win the crown […]

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Multiple wounded after suspect opens fire on EMTs, firefighters responding to separate incidents

Multiple wounded after suspect opens fire on EMTs, firefighters responding to separate incidents

iStock/z1b At least two people are dead and several others are wounded after a driver of an SUV allegedly shot at several people Sunday in Tucson, Arizona, including multiple first responders. The shootings unfolded at three locations where emergency personnel were responding to separate incidents. Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus […]

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Members of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring sentenced

Members of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring sentenced

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The final legal chapter of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring has ended as a group of millennials who helped run the dark-web operation based in suburban Salt Lake City have been sentenced to prison. Drew Crandall helped start the operation that eventually grew to […]

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Boy, 15, accidently shoots, kills 13-year-old friend in Utah

Boy, 15, accidently shoots, kills 13-year-old friend in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old Utah boy is dead after he was accidently shot by a 15-year-old friend. Police Lt. Richard Bell says the shooting happened after the teens sneaked away from their homes and met up at a church parking lot in the Salt Lake […]

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Salt Lake Bees Top prospect Brandon Marsh gets start in center for Angels

Salt Lake Bees Top prospect Brandon Marsh gets start in center for Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Marsh is making his major league debut and playing center field for the Los Angeles Angels in Sunday’s game against the Seattle Mariners. Marsh is considered the top prospect in the Angels’ organization. He was drafted in the second round in 2016 and was batting […]

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Six Flags Texas water park evacuated after chemical spill sends dozens to the hospital

Six Flags Texas water park evacuated after chemical spill sends dozens to the hospital

Enes Evren/iStock (SPRING, TX.) — A chemical spill at a water park in Texas sent dozens of people to the hospital, according to officials. The incident began around 2:30 p.m. in a children’s pool at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring, Texas, when a lifeguard and several guests started to […]

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Collin Morikawa shoots bogey free 66, wins The Open

Collin Morikawa shoots bogey free 66, wins The Open

Harry Trump/R&A/R&A via Getty Images (LONDON) — Collin Morikawa won The Open in Sandwich, England Sunday afternoon to win his second major.  The 24-year old shot a bogey-free 66 to beat Jordan Spieth by two shots.  Just like when he won the PGA Championship last year, this was Morikawa’s first […]

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4 people dead after terrible single-vehicle accident splits car in half

4 people dead after terrible single-vehicle accident splits car in half

ABC News/WLS (NEW YORK) — Four people have died and two people have been injured in a terrible single-vehicle accident that ended up splitting their car in half. The incident occurred at approximately 2:24 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, in Hickory Hills, Illinois, when police say a car with six […]

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Summer storms batter East Coast, while fires scorch West

Summer storms batter East Coast, while fires scorch West

ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were over 170 reports of severe weather in the U.S. on Saturday, the majority of them on the East Coast. Out West, fire alerts range from California to Wyoming and wildfires continue to blaze. In New Jersey, A 58-mph wind gust was reported at […]

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Hijab-wearing basketball referee out to blaze trail at Tokyo Olympics

Hijab-wearing basketball referee out to blaze trail at Tokyo Olympics

Ahmed Benzerguine/iStock (NEW YORK) — For Sarah Gamal, the significance of being the first hijab-wearing basketball referee to take part in the Olympic Games goes well beyond the court. The Egyptian referee and 3-on-3 basketball will both make their Olympic debuts in Tokyo next week after the International Olympic Committee […]

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