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Month: December 2022

Buffalo braces for possible flooding as temperatures rise after major storm

Buffalo braces for possible flooding as temperatures rise after major storm

Normand Blouin / EyeEm/ Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Residents of western New York are going from shoveling snow to filling sandbags as a historic blizzard that killed at least 39 people in metropolitan Buffalo gives way to a big meltdown with temperatures forecast to soar. A record 51 inches […]

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Japanese Pause Winter Olympic Bid, Salt Lake City Could Benefit

Japanese Pause Winter Olympic Bid, Salt Lake City Could Benefit

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new development may be giving Salt Lake City’s Olympic bid a leg up on the competition. Officials in Sapporo, Japan have placed a pause on their bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics while dealing with a bribery scandal tied to the 2020 Summer Olympics. […]

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Scam Artists Target Rocky Mountain Power Customers

Scam Artists Target Rocky Mountain Power Customers

(St. George, UT) — Scam artists are targeting Rocky Mountain Power customers. The scam involves threatening to shut off the power over the phone unless they pay up. David Eskelsen, a media representative with Rocky Mountain Power, said the company has never issued a 20-minute shutoff notice over the phone. […]

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AMBER Alert Canceled, Suspect Arrested In Central Nebraska

(Grand Island, NE) — A Utah boy who was the subject of an AMBER Alert was found safe in Nebraska yesterday. The alert was issued Tuesday for 13-year-old Evan McConney of Layton. Police in Grand Island, Nebraska arrested 26-year-old Tadashi Kojima of Arizona after officers responded to a report of […]

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Find My iPhone leads to car crash rescue in California

Find My iPhone leads to car crash rescue in California

San Bernardino County Fire (SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) — A California woman was saved after her car crashed off a 200-foot cliff on Christmas Day thanks in part to her iPhone’s location tracking feature, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. The woman likely crashed her vehicle driving home from a […]

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Serena Williams shows off sister Venus Williams’ awards, trophies

Serena Williams shows off sister Venus Williams’ awards, trophies

Paul Morigi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While Serena and Venus Williams have faced off against each other in singles matches 31 times during their tennis careers, with Serena winning 19 of those matches, Serena has nothing but love and respect for her older sister. In a TikTok video posted Tuesday, […]

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Could West Coast’s atmospheric river help undo drought conditions? Too early to tell, experts say

Could West Coast’s atmospheric river help undo drought conditions? Too early to tell, experts say

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The atmospheric river currently impacting the West Coast, while creating dangerous weather conditions for millions of people, could possibly have a chance of temporarily reversing drought conditions in states that desperately need water, experts say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration describes atmospheric rivers as […]

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‘Varsity Blues’ mastermind Rick Singer pleads for leniency with sentence

‘Varsity Blues’ mastermind Rick Singer pleads for leniency with sentence

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal — known by its investigative moniker “Varsity Blues” — deserves no more than six months in prison, Rick Singer’s attorneys said Wednesday in a new court filing. Federal prosecutors, however, said Wednesday night in a […]

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‘Hopefully I don’t die’: Ice climber recalls 40-foot fall in Utah

‘Hopefully I don’t die’: Ice climber recalls 40-foot fall in Utah

Cavan Images/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Nursing a broken arm, two cracked vertebrae and wearing a neck brace, ice climber Tim Thompson recounted surviving a 40-foot fall from a towering outcropping in Utah’s Provo Canyon, saying thoughts of his demise raced through his mind during the horrifying plunge. One […]

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Remains of teen kidnapped during armed home invasion found: Police

Remains of teen kidnapped during armed home invasion found: Police

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The remains of an Arizona teenager were found a week after he was kidnapped during an armed home invasion, police said Wednesday. A homicide investigation is now underway. Jesse Sainz-Camacho, 17, was taken from his Phoenix home on Dec. 19 by “two armed suspects,” police […]

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