Go Nakamura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 872,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.5% of the population in […]
California Highway Patrol (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles County district attorney called for the community’s help to identify the people responsible for the death of 16-year-old Tioni Theus and announced a $110,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Tioni was last seen Jan. 7, when she […]
ABC News Live (NEW YORK) — British-born Benjamin Alexander had never put on a pair of skis until the age of 32. Only six years later, and he’s now going for gold next month in Beijing as Jamaica’s first Olympic alpine skier. It didn’t come easily, he said. “I hit […]
Ted Heap, Harris County Constable Precinct 5 via Facebook (HOUSTON) — A fugitive suspected of ambushing and gunning down a Texas deputy constable during a traffic stop over the weekend in Houston has been taken into custody in Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. Oscar Rosales, 51, has been charged with capital […]
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A segment of a SpaceX rocket that launched seven years ago is currently on course to crash into the moon. The booster was part of the Falcon 9 rocket that lifted off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state of Utah is already planning for life after the COVID-19 pandemic. State leaders confirmed yesterday that they are working on programs that will take effect once the virus enters its endemic stage. That would happen when transmission of COVID-19 reaches the lowest level […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would require Utah’s public schools to stock feminine hygiene products in some restrooms is moving forward in the legislature. The House Education Committee unanimously approved House Bill 162 yesterday. The bill would require elementary, middle and high schools in the state to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating six lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. It’s a diverse group of candidates in the latest picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominees are being announced by the White House on Wednesday. The nominees would run the […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (MIAMI) — One body has been recovered as a search continued Wednesday morning for 38 other passengers believed to have been on a human-smuggling boat that capsized in the northern Straits of Florida, officials said. During a news conference Wednesday morning, a U.S. Coast Guard official said […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerously cold temperatures have taken over the Midwest Wednesday before heading to the Northeast on Thursday. Wednesday is the coldest morning so far this winter in places like Chicago, where parts of Lake Michigan are filled with ice. The wind chill — what temperature […]
