Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks, even in extreme heat, according to critics. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2127 on June 13, which aims to […]
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking classified documents online, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. The 21-year-old Massachusetts native was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month. Teixeira’s […]
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (GLENDALE, Calif.) — Protesters clashed once again outside the Glendale Unified School District’s board meeting on Tuesday in response to the district’s recognition of Pride month. Police said no one was arrested during the protests on Tuesday. Earlier this month, as the board met […]
Ocean Gate/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (BOSTON) — As crews scour the Atlantic for the missing submersible, a man who has completed four dives with the sub’s company, OceanGate, is sharing his story. Mike Reiss told ABC News his submersible lost contact with its host ship on all four of his […]
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — A submersible carrying five people has gone missing while on a tour of the underwater wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The deep-sea vessel, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact about […]
(Orem, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin open house tours of its new temple in Orem in late October. Church officials plan to show off the new temple to the media on October 23rd, followed by three days of private tours. The public can […]
(Undated) — Utah has one of the highest rates of young driver deaths in the United States. That’s the conclusion of a recent study using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. During a five-year period starting in 2017, Utah ranked third in the nation for highway deaths involving […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is adding jobs and the unemployment rate is staying low. The state added nearly 49-thousand jobs over the past 12 months, according to the latest figures from the Department of Workforce Services. That’s a two-point-nine percent increase. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate remained at […]
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman Islands-Wednesday, Utah State men’s basketball was named to be among the participants in the Cayman Islands Tournament. The Aggies will be joined in this tournament (November 19-21) by Oakland, Drake, Loyola Marymount, Stephen F. Austin, Marshall, Florida International and Akron. Utah State’s first game of the […]
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana are under heat alerts Wednesday with the heat index — what the temperature feels like with humidity — expected to reach as high as 122 degrees in some areas. Temperatures hit records on Tuesday and more are […]
