Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (DENVER) — A truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal accident in Colorado has been resentenced to 10 years after an outcry from family and advocates. Gov. Jared Polis announced the commutation of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ sentence Thursday. “I am writing to […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small grass fires, sparked by downed power lines amid gusty winds in central Colorado, according to the Boulder County sheriff, have grown into raging […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-ay Saints’ main training center for missionaries in Provo, Utah. The Provo Missionary Training Center requires all missionaries to be fully vaccinated and also conducts COVID-19 testing, several missionaries tested positive this […]
WZVN-TV (NAPLES, Fla.) — A maintenance worker who entered an unauthorized area of a Florida zoo and was attacked by a tiger could face criminal charges, authorities said. The tiger was shot and killed by responding authorities in order to free the man from the animal’s jaws. The incident happened […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are looking for solutions to help bring more water to the Great Salt Lake. House Speaker Brad Wilson will host a summit on that topic next week in Layton. The invitation list includes other state lawmakers, government officials, scientists and groups who favor […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Health says three-thousand-303 people have tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, an 82-percent increase from Tuesday. The number is the highest since January 7th when there were three-thousand-842 new cases. The Health Department says the surge is due to holiday gatherings and […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 14 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-105 with star Donovan Mitchell out with a sore back. Portland’s Damian Lillard and Norman Powell each scored 32 points. The Trail Blazers were missing seven players in the […]
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction was “one important step” toward justice, said Annie Farmer, one of four accusers who testified against her. “It’s a tremendous relief,” Farmer said on Good Morning America on Thursday. “I wasn’t sure that this day would […]
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 821,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61.9% of the […]
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 cases soaring nationwide, school districts are revisiting their mitigation measures as they prepare to return from winter break. Many schools are set to welcome students back in person next week as the United States is averaging more cases than at any other […]
