(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Corrections has appointed Alex Garcia as the new Adult Probation and Parole director. He will be replacing Dan Blanchard, who officials say will be taking on a new position working on special projects. He had served as director since 2015. Garcia […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah House has elected Representative Mike Schultz for the role of Speaker of the House. He defeated Melissa Garff Ballard in the race to replace Brad Wilson, who stepped down as speaker to focus on his run for the U.S. Senate. Schultz said he […]
HOUSTON-Wednesday, Utah football junior defensive end Jonah Elliss has been named as one of four national finalists for the Lombardi Award. This award is annually bestowed upon the top college football offensive or defensive lineman who exemplifies the character and discipline of Vince Lombardi. Elliss’ fellow finalists are Notre Dame […]
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The estranged wife of Gilgo Beach, New York, murder suspect Rex Heuermann attended one of his court appearances for the first time on Wednesday. Asa Ellerup filed for divorce six days after Heuermann’s July arrest for the murders of three sex workers. He has […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Veterinarians are sounding the alarm as they see a growing number of coughing dogs. Wendy Brown’s three golden retrievers — Bridge, Dooley and Lulu — are among the dogs who started showing symptoms earlier this November. “Dooley started doing kind of this huffing […]
Pacific Press/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extremists and bad faith actors have been hijacking the national debate in the United States around the Israel-Gaza war to call for violence, division and recruitment of mainstream audiences, law enforcement experts say. They’ve been popping up at protests, using popularized language and spreading […]
US Coast Guard D8 (NEW YORK) — Authorities say they are urgently searching the waters of the Gulf of Mexico after a man fell off a cruise ship. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at approximately 12:40 p.m. on Monday informing them that there was an unaccounted-for […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Less than a week before back-to-back mass shootings in Maine last month, alleged gunman Robert Card threatened employees at a New Hampshire bakery that he might “snap” on them, according to a police report obtained by ABC News. What could have been another clue […]
New York Police Department/X (NEW YORK) — The New York City Police Department has identified a person of interest in connection with an alleged bias attack at a Brooklyn playground last week, where a woman allegedly made anti-Islamic statements at a 40-year-old man who was with his toddler before throwing […]
Jrgen Hopf / EyeEm/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Wisconsin woman accused of spiking her friend’s water bottle with a lethal dose of eye drops was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree intentional homicide. The jury found Jessy Kurczewski, 39, guilty on all counts, including intentional homicide and theft, after […]
