Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — A malfunction at a water treatment plant has caused days of headaches for residents and businesses in Jackson, Mississippi. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s office told ABC News that water leaks at O.B. Curtis Water Plant on Jan. 23 led to water pressure problems […]
Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday for emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children under the age of 5. The move puts the process in motion for the FDA to review the data, bring it before […]
Richard Williams Photography/Getty Images (RICHFIELD, Minn.) — One student is dead and another is critically injured after being shot on the sidewalk outside of a school Tuesday in Richfield, Minnesota, according to police. Police said the incident took place around noon outside the South Education Center, but the suspects fled […]
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During the omicron wave, unvaccinated Americans had much higher rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalization than fully vaccinated people — especially those who received a booster shot, officials said Tuesday. In a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]
ECHO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 58-year-old woman is dead after being shot in an apparent hunting accident in the northern Utah mountains on Monday. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says the woman was riding in a side-by-side ATV when a rifle discharged, hitting her in the mid-body area, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An independent candidate challenging Sen. Mike Lee raised more than the incumbent Republican in the final quarter of 2021, setting the stage for a costly Senate race in Utah where sitting Republicans typically cruise to victory. Campaign finance filings detailing the final three months of […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Johnson & Johnson and the nation’s three largest drug distributors agreed Tuesday to settle opioids-related claims by Native American tribes for nearly $600 million. The settlement, announced in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, is tentative until […]
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 886,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 63.8% of the population in […]
FILLMORE, Utah-As confirmed Tuesday, Millard junior wrestler Conner Hem was among The Deseret News High School star athletes of the week. Hem was one of six athletes across the state to receive this honor and the only one in Utah High School Activities Association classifications 1A-3A. Hem was among Millard’s […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — At least one law enforcement officer has been shot in a gun-related incident at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Deputies from the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office are responding to reports of an active shooter at the college, a […]
