Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — After 53 migrants were found dead after apparently being trapped in a tractor-trailor that had reached a fatally hot temperature in San Antonio Monday evening in a suspected case of human smuggling, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed Wednesday that the truck had not been […]
Nes/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The director of a Florida art museum has been ousted amid a federal investigation into the authenticity of more than two dozen paintings purportedly by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that were on view in the institution’s blockbuster show. The exhibition, “Heroes and Monsters,” at […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Per Wednesday news, eight former University of Utah athletics standouts will be enshrined in the Utes’ athletics Hall of Fame for 2002. The following former UofU standouts will be honored September 9 at Rice-Eccles Stadium ahead of the following evening’s home game against Southern Utah: Football Defensive back […]
Karin Saucedo Photography (NEW YORK) — Scientists are hopeful that the endangered red wolf population, absent from the wild for decades, could be revived now that a significant portion of its DNA has been found in wild coyote populations. Red wolves have not existed in the wild along the Gulf […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHESTERFIELD, Va.) — A Virginia father died by an apparent suicide after finding his son dead inside his hot car, authorities said. It appears the father accidentally left the 18-month-old in the car for at least three hours on Tuesday, leading to the child’s death, Lt. Col. […]
DiMaggio/Kalish, FILE (NEVADA COUNTY, Calif.) — At least 700 firefighters are battling the Rices Fire in northern California on Wednesday, where hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes, officials said. The fire, which has burned 769 acres and is 0% contained as of Wednesday morning, has led to […]
George Frey/Getty Images, FILE (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — A 34-year-old man is recovering from injuries sustained at Yellowstone National Park after he was charged at and brutally gored by a bison when he and his family got too close to the animal. The incident occurred near Giant Geyser at Old […]
Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — LGBTQ+ social media content creators are increasingly complaining about their posts being taken down, a practice labeled as “the digital closet” by researcher Alexander Monea. Monea, who is a professor of English and cultural studies at George Mason University, spent two years digging […]
(Kane County, UT) — Crews are gaining more ground on the Left Fork Fire burning in Kane County. Authorities report the fire is now 40-percent contained and has held steady at 42-hundred acres. More than 700 firefighters remain in the area. Crews are using drones to send personnel to hot […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox selected his nominee for the Utah Supreme Court. Judge Jill Pohlman has served on the Utah Court of Appeals, and is a graduate of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. If Pohlman is confirmed by the State Senate, the […]
