(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is more than ready to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2030 or 2034. That’s what Governor Spencer Cox and Mayor Erin Mendenhall told reporters this week. Mendenhall said there’s strong public support to bring the games back to the […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Right-wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay more than $1 billion in damages to families affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut, despite Jones’ filing for bankruptcy, a federal bankruptcy court judge has ruled. Jones filed for Chapter 11 […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Va.) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ annual banquet has been canceled after “extremists threatened to plant bombs and kill hotel staff due to CAIR’s support for Palestinian human rights,” the organization announced. CAIR said the Arlington, Virginia, hotel where it has held its annual banquet […]
Alyssa Pointer/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Jury selection for the first trial in the Fulton County district attorney’s election interference case began Friday morning. Kenneth Chesebro is facing seven counts after opting for a speedy trial following the indictment of former President Donald Trump and 18 others in August. Chesebro was […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are […]
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a deadly Hamas attack on Israel unfolded last Saturday, Nadav Padan, a reserve general in the Israeli military who lives in New York, received a flood of messages from soldiers he knew in Israel, he said. Within hours, Padan decided to […]
quavondo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Army private Travis King, who crossed the border into North Korea before being returned to the U.S. in September, has been charged with desertion, according to military charging documents a source close to the case shared with ABC News Thursday night. In addition to desertion […]
kali9/Getty Images (HAGERSTOWN, Md.) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland has confirmed that Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was fatally shot on Thursday night. At approximately 8 p.m., deputies responded to the 19100 block of Olde Waterford Road in Hagerstown, Maryland — some 80 miles northwest of […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Houston 10, Texas 3 (Series tied 2-2) NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Arizona 2, Philadelphia 1 (Philadelphia leads series 2-1) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Boston 127, Charlotte 99 Minnesota 114, Chicago 105 Detroit 118, […]
Men’s Soccer SWAC PRICE, Utah-Vinicus De Silva and Aleksandar Mihajlivc both scored and the No. 15 USU-Eastern Utah Eagles bested Snow 2-1 in SWAC men’s soccer play Thursday. Mucioko Banza scored for the Badgers in defeat. Women’s Soccer SWAC PRICE, Utah-Abigail Wiggins and Victoria Kalista each scored and the USU-Eastern […]
