NASA (NEW YORK) — NASA is asking amateur astronomers to help the agency study the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Next month, NASA will be observing the two planets via its New Horizons spacecraft, originally designed to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a disc of icy bodies beyond the […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Po’omaika’i Estores-Losano normally texts in a group chat with his family every day. But since the wildfires tore through Lahaina last week, his family hasn’t heard from the 28-year-old father of two. “He would text us every day like, ‘Hope you have a good […]
PROVO, Utah-Friday, BYU head men’s basketball coach Mark Pope announced the addition of Collin Terry as the program’s fourth assistant coach. Terry has spent the past two seasons as an assistant with the Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets. Terry has also worked with the […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Heavy rains set off flooding in Cedar City that hit homes and streets, as well as the hospital and the Iron County Jail on Thursday. The hospital kept treating patients even as water invaded the emergency department, med search units, the cafeteria, and some patient rooms. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new poll shows Republican Senator Mitt Romney leading all GOP challengers and potential challengers, if he runs for re-election. The poll from Nobel Predictive Insights shows 30-percent of Utah Republicans support Romney. Attorney General Sean Reyes is the only other possible candidate with double-digit […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah National guard commander Major General Michael Turley has been placed on administrative leave. The decision was made following an investigation by the U.S. Army Inspector General Agency. According to reports, the two-year investigation determined that Turley was involved in an inappropriate relationship with a […]
ABC News (KAHANA, Hawaii) — Along the shores of Kahana, a community five miles north of Lahaina, on the island of Maui, residents have been hauling coolers and boxes off boats up to a makeshift distribution center. “We all made our calls to the family” for help, one resident told […]
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Ohio-based company is voluntarily recalling over 100,000 of its products for young kids due to the potential for injuries, including head injuries. The Simplay3 Company has received over one dozen reports of its Toddler Tower product “tipping over while in use,” according to the […]
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. Much […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hilary, now a powerful Category 4 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in Mexico’s Baja California on Sunday and then weaken to a tropical storm before crossing into California Sunday night. The first tropical storm watch in California’s history has now been issued. The watch […]
