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 614,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and over 4.2 million people have died worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Utah Jazz have agreed to acquire power forward Eric Paschall from the Warriors, sending a protected future second-round draft pick to Golden State in the swap, a person with direct knowledge of the trade’s parameters said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because nothing […]
U.S. Navy/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) — The attorney for the sailor charged with setting last year’s fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard maintains that his client did not play a role in setting the fire and denied that he was embittered against the Navy after dropping out of SEAL […]
OGDEN, Utah-Wednesday, Weber State junior tailback Josh Davis was named to the watch list for the Walter Payton Award. This award annually honors the most outstanding offensive player in NCAA FCS college football. Payton, a former legendary Pro Football Hall of Fame tailback with the Chicago Bears starred at Jackson […]
CHARLESTON, S.C.-Wednesday, BYU sophomore tailback Tyler Allgeier and Utah senior quarterback Charlie Brewer were honored by College Football Performance Awards as contenders for the CFPA National Performer of the Year trophy. Allgeier has also been named to the Maxwell Award, Doak Walker Award and Paul Hornung Award watch lists. Brewer […]
San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images (PLEASANTON, Calif.) — The remains of a California dad who vanished more than three weeks ago while on a run outside have been found, authorities said. A volunteer hiker searching for 37-year-old Philip Kreycik found what police believe to be his remains underneath an area of […]
Rawf8/iStock (Orangeburg, S.C.) — A Black man who was allegedly assaulted by an Orangeburg, South Carolina, police officer last month spoke out for the first time Tuesday. Clips of police body camera footage obtained and released by the man’s lawyer allegedly show former officer David Lance Dukes stomping on the […]
Jorge Villalba/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The police officer stabbed and then fatally shot during an attack at the Pentagon’s bus terminal on Tuesday has been identified as George Gonzalez, a Brooklyn native and Iraq War veteran who joined the Pentagon police force in 2018. Gonzalez was killed Tuesday after being stabbed […]
Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gusty winds are fanning the already giant flames of wildfires scorching Western states and forcing thousands of residents to leave their homes. A frontal system moving into the region will bring winds with speeds up to 40 mph, which, combined with […]
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Three former Minneapolis police officers facing federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights have filed motions asking that their cases be severed from Derek Chauvin’s, arguing they won’t get a fair trial if they have to go to court with the convicted murderer of […]
