(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new exhibit of paintings by famous Latter-day Saint artist Minerva Teichert is now open at the Church History Museum. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a major patron of Teichert’s works in the 1930s and ’40s, according to a release from […]
Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The office of special counsel Jack Smith spent nearly $5.5 million in under five months as it investigated both Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents and the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to expenditure […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The El Paso Walmart gunman was formally sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for the racist 2019 massacre that killed 23 people and injured nearly two dozen others, according to El Paso ABC affiliate KVIA. Judge David Guaderrama handed down the sentence on […]
Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of new shark-monitoring drones will be sent to New York beach towns amid an uptick in incidents, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. The state will provide funding to teach the local personnel in New York City and on Long Island […]
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Investigators are searching for answers after two firefighters were killed and five more were injured while battling a raging blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey. It was the first time since 2007 that a Newark firefighter was killed on the […]
Robert Brook/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Green energy is helping to keep the Texas power grids alive amid a weeks-long heat wave that has left power usage at an all-time high. The perfect meteorological conditions have allowed renewable energy generated by wind turbines and solar panels to supply the grids […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Two people suffering from heat stress had to be rescued via helicopter in a remote area of southern Arizona this week, officials said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a press release Thursday that its Border Patrol Station in Tucson was contacted by […]
WABC (NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured following a bus collision in New York City on Thursday night, the FDNY said. The FDNY said it received a call just before 7 p.m. ET for a “major vehicle accident” on First Avenue and 23rd Street in Manhattan, where a […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 9, Oakland 0 Toronto 6, Chi White Sox 2 Toronto 5, Chi White Sox 4 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 14, NY Yankees 1 Boston […]
Genesee County Sheriff’s Department/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two Michigan boys are being hailed as heroes for saving another boy from drowning in a swimming pool. Noah Roche, 12, and his brother Weston Woods, 8, were at an apartment swimming pool when they noticed 7-year-old Griffin Emerson. Griffin had been […]
