Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BENTON, Mich.) — After seeing elevated levels of lead in its drinking water for three years, the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan, a majority Black community, is finally seeing decreasing numbers, according to a recent report. The six-month sample results released Wednesday showed that for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Boston Celtics player and executive Danny Ainge is the new CEO of the Utah Jazz. Ainge has also been named an alternate governor for the Jazz on the NBA’s Board of Governors. Ainge stepped down from the Celtics front office in June, just hours […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system is headed toward the Midwest and 29 states are on alert for damaging winds, heavy snow and avalanches. A tornado threat was issued for Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. This is especially unusual for Minnesota, which has never had a recorded […]
Wednesday is Early National College Football Signing Day. Here is a list of athletes signed by Utah colleges and universities: Among them is Richfield High School multi-sport star Kaden Chidester. He has signed with Brigham Young University as a defensive lineman. University of Utah Freshman defensive back Jocelyn Malaska (Bethany, […]
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Keechant Sewell will become the first female police commissioner of the NYPD, the largest police department in the country. “She’s the woman for the job,” New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams said Wednesday. “To all the little girls within the sound of my […]
December 14, 2021 – Ephraim, UT – Snow College police are searching for Madelyn Allen, age 19, who was last seen leaving her residence (Snow Hall – 155 East College Avenue, Ephraim, Utah) at 9:22 PM on December 13, 2021. Security footage shows someone who is believed to be Madelyn […]
David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images (ST. PAUL, Minn.) — Eight months after being convicted of state murder charges in the death of George Floyd, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of violating the 46-year-old Black man’s civil rights. “At this time, […]
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles public school district’s board of education has approved delaying enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to the fall, as thousands of students at the nation’s second-largest school district remain non-compliant. Under the mandate, which […]
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 800,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61% of the population in […]
(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including more than 800,000 in the U.S., according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 61% of the population in […]
