HOUSTON (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and seven Utah Jazz players reached double figures in a 122-91 win over the Houston Rockets. Utah is off to its first 4-0 start since the 2006-07 season. Joining Bogdanovic, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Eric Paschall, Hassan Whiteside, Jordan Clarkson and Joe […]
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City firefighters and other city workers protested outside the mayor’s residence Thursday, as a COVID-19 vaccination deadline quickly approaches. Nearly all municipal employees, including police officers, sanitation workers and firefighters, have until 5 p.m. Friday to submit proof of […]
Dylan Buell/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The Green Bay Packers will be short-handed at wide receiver when they take on the Arizona Cardinals tonight. Davante Adams and Allen Lazard will both miss the game after being placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list this week. Adams is vaccinated but tested positive. Lazard is […]
gpflman/iStock (NEW YORK) — PETA has asked Major League Baseball to end the use of the term ‘bullpen.” The organization says they would like a more animal-friendly term that doesn’t reference the area where bulls are held before slaughter. Their suggestion: The Arm Barn! “Words matter, and baseball ‘bullpens’ devalue […]
3-A State Volleyball State Championship OREM, Utah-The No. 4 Union Cougars overpowered Morgan 3-0 Thursday to capture their third consecutive state 3-A volleyball championship. The Cougars prevailed over the No. 2 seed Trojans 26-24, 25-17, 25-18 to successfully defend last season’s state title. This was Union’s fourth all-time state volleyball […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State election officials are urging Utah voters to get their ballots in the mail as soon as possible. Ballots must be postmarked by Monday for them to be counted in this year’s general election. Anyone planning to mail their ballot is being told to make […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest health care provider has announced that it will require all its caregivers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to comply with pending federal rules. The chief physician executive said Wednesday that Intermountain Healthcare will be complying with federal vaccination requirements announced by President […]
Bill Oxford/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 740,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 67.3% of Americans ages 12 and […]
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced it had reached settlements with the families of victims murdered by Dylann Roof in the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting. Families had sued the federal government in 2016 because Roof was able to purchase a gun to carry […]
Michał Chodyra/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A California school safety officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old unarmed woman. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charge against former Long Beach Unified School safety officer Eddie Gonzalez, whose arraignment is scheduled for Friday […]
