Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Torrential rain has pounded Mississippi, sparking flooding and forcing evacuations from an assisted living home and a day care. Dozens of seniors were evacuated Wednesday from the Peach Tree Village assisted living facility in Brandon, Mississippi, just outside of […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Black pastor who was arrested in May after a neighbor reported a “suspicious person” in a yard watering flowers, said he is considering filing a racial discrimination lawsuit against his local police department. After returning from his church’s Sunday service, Pastor Michael Jennings of […]
Michael Runkel/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Tennessee’s “trigger” law banning abortions went into effect Thursday, making providing abortions a felony in the state. The Tennessee near-total abortion ban, which was enacted in 2019, criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion, only making exceptions for cases where it is necessary […]
U.S. Department of Justice (LOS ANGELES) — A California man has pleaded guilty to importing wild animals into the country, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Wednesday. Prosecutors said Jose Manuel Perez, 30, smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals, including 60 reptiles, worth $739,000 into the U.S. and was arrested […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 6, San Francisco 1 Oakland 3, Miami 2 Texas 16, Colorado 4 Washington 3, Seattle 1 Cleveland 7, San Diego 0 Kansas City 5, Arizona 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 3, Boston 2 Chi […]
PAROWAN, Utah-Wednesday, Kanab’s boys and Beaver’s girls won cross country titles at the Iron County Fairgrounds during the Parowan High School Invitational. The Cowboys posted a score of 44 to win the title. The boys’ standings were as follows: Kanab 44 Enterprise 53 Beaver 60 Parowan 85 South Sevier 117 […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Jake Gatewood homered and added RBI on a triple and a double as the Salt Lake Bees downed Tacoma 9-3 Wednesday in Pacific Coast League play at Smith’s Ballpark. Adam Seminaris earned the win on the mound for Salt Lake by posting three strikeouts in five innings of […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Brian Dansereau drove in four runs and the Ogden Raptors drilled Rocky Mountain 19-6 Wednesday at UCHealth Park in Pioneer League play. Chase Stratton posted seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings of play for the Raptors to earn the win on the mound. Stratton is now 4-1 on the […]
Baseball 1A South BICKNELL, Utah-Hunter Mitchell drove in a pair of runs and the Wayne Badgers outlasted Bryce Valley 4-3 in 1A South play Wednesday. Jake Batty posted seven strikeouts in five innings of play for Wayne in the victory. Trey Clark, Ronaldo Santini and Antonio Moreno each drove in […]
Tetra Images/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — In a March 3, 2021, school board meeting, Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo, raised concerns about security issues in schools. Uvalde school board officials unanimously voted Wednesday to fire Pete Arredondo, the school district’s police chief, exactly three months after the school shooting that […]
