Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A total of 440 students have been quarantined in Palm Beach County, Florida, due to COVID-19, just two days after the start of the school year, the Palm Beach County School District told ABC News. The district kicked off the […]
LOGAN, Utah-Friday, the Mountain West Conference announced its 2021-22 men’s college basketball schedule. Utah State’s conference games will be as follows: December 28 @ Air Force January 1 San Jose State (home opener) January 4 Boise State January 8 @ New Mexico January 11 Colorado State January 15 Wyoming January […]
iStock/DenisTangneyJr (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a bid by eight Indiana University students Thursday to stop their school from requiring all students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Barrett rejected the request without specifying the reasoning behind her decision. The case, the first of its kind to […]
Byron Smith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A teenager who was struck by lightning Thursday at a New York City beach has died, officials said. Carlos Ramos, 13, of the Bronx, died at Jacobi Medical Center, city officials confirmed to ABC News Friday. He was one of seven people who were […]
Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 618,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and over 4.3 million people have died worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park may soon require reservations to hike one of its most famous trails. The Angel’s Landing hike is a narrow trail perched on the edge of a red-rock cliff in southern Utah. It is one of the most sought-after destinations in a park […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake County Council has overturned a school mask order for kids under 12 that the county’s top health official issued this week as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus spreads. The Republican-controlled council in Utah’s most populous county voted to cheers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is the nation’s fastest-growing state, and new data shows it remained the youngest over the last decade. The Census Bureau released new data Thursday that provides the most detailed portrait yet of how the state has changed since 2010. The number of people under […]
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — More than a year after the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the city is putting its issues with police brutality in the spotlight once again. This time, the power is in the hands of voters, who […]
hapabapa/iStock (NEW YORK) — Several states have reinstated indoor mask mandates as the delta variant continues to rip across the country, but others have fiercely resisted and imposed bans on such rules. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a guidance update late July that vaccinated people […]
