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Month: July 2021

Will the military make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory?

Will the military make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory?

Ivan Cholakov/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 70% of all military personnel have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but a debate has begun to swirl about whether the Pentagon should make vaccinations mandatory for the ranks should the Food and Drug Administration formally approve the vaccine in the […]

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Surfside building collapse latest: 8 more bodies recovered from rubble, bringing death toll to 36

Surfside building collapse latest: 8 more bodies recovered from rubble, bringing death toll to 36

Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — At least 36 people, including three children, have been confirmed dead and 109 others remain unaccounted for after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County last month. The disaster occurred on June 24 around 1:15 […]

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Utah Men’s Basketball To Compete At Sunshine Slam

Utah Men’s Basketball To Compete At Sunshine Slam

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-Per Tuesday news, the University of Utah’s men’s basketball squad will compete at the Sunshine Slam November 20 and 21 at the Ocean Center of Daytona Beach, Fla. The Utes will be joined at the event by Boston College, Rhode Island and Tulsa. Utah will host Bethune-Cookman November […]

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Iowa man arrested after firearms found in Chicago hotel room overlooking July 4 festivities

Iowa man arrested after firearms found in Chicago hotel room overlooking July 4 festivities

Chicago Police Department (CHICAGO) — An Iowa man has been arrested after a rifle and ammunition were found near a window inside his hotel room in downtown Chicago on the Fourth of July, officials said. A member of the cleaning staff at the W Hotel alerted authorities about firearms he […]

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Emails suggest slow response to repair plans in the weeks before Surfside condo collapsed

Emails suggest slow response to repair plans in the weeks before Surfside condo collapsed

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Champlain Towers South condo board members, Surfside town officials, and engineers grappled with issues related to the building’s 40-year recertification process, potentially delaying much-needed plans for repairs in the weeks leading up to the collapse of the building, emails released by the town show. […]

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Worker shot dead on golf course because he stumbled upon crime in progress, police say

Worker shot dead on golf course because he stumbled upon crime in progress, police say

WSB-TV (ATLANTA) — A Georgia golf pro was gunned down on the course where he worked because he stumbled upon a crime in progress, police said Tuesday. Eugene Siller was shot in the head on Saturday on the green of the 10th hole at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, near […]

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6 months after Capitol riot, progress meets with push for further investigation

6 months after Capitol riot, progress meets with push for further investigation

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While Capitol Police are marking six months since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by touting changes the agency has made to better prepare for such incidents, Congress continues its push for further investigations into the deadly incident. In a letter released by […]

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Boa constrictor accidentally freed in Utah still missing

Boa constrictor accidentally freed in Utah still missing

TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah are searching for an 8-foot-long boa constrictor that was accidentally freed from its container last week. KSL TV reported Tuesday that animal control officers were called to a home in Tooele, Utah on Friday. Contractors who were working on the house accidentally knocked […]

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Nominee Named to Fill Orderville Justice Court Vacancy

The Kane County Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the appointment of Judge Ronald Read to fill the Orderville Justice Court vacancy. Ronald L. Read graduated from Southern Utah State College in 1981 and the University of Utah Law School in 1990. Mr. Read served as a Law Clerk for the […]

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Man arrested on suspicion of murder in woman’s death

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder in the death of a Sandy woman whose body was discovered along a riverbank after had been reported missing. Sandy Police said Monday that William O’Reilly was booked into jail Monday on suspicion of aggravated murder, desecration […]

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