Thursday, numerous Utah college football players appeared on the Polynesian Player of the Year Watch List. BYU, Utah and Utah State are all significantly represented. Those being so honored before the season are as follows: BYU sophomore safety Raider Damuni (forced fumble, 11 tackles for a loss last season) redshirt […]
Raygun of Australia in action during the Paris 2024 Olympics in Paris on Aug. 9, 2024. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Rachael Gunn, the Australian breakdancer known as Raygun, is speaking out after her 2024 Paris Olympics performance went viral and was mocked both online and off. Gunn, a […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane over the coming days as it travels northwards toward Bermuda, having already left half of Puerto Rico residents without power on Wednesday. Ernesto had moved out of Puerto Rico as of Thursday morning, with wind […]
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As students across the United States head back to school, classrooms may begin to feel the effects of laws concerning LGBTQ issues, race and religion that have recently been passed and signed by their local legislators. What laws are schools facing in your state? […]
ABC News (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — The Los Angeles Clippers have been playing their home games in downtown Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as Staples Center, which is also home to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Clippers’ NBA rivals. But the Clippers step out of the Lakers shadow […]
President of Columbia University Dr. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik testifies during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing about antisemitism on college campuses, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2024. (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced her immediate […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Arizona man pleaded guilty to making threats against federal officials on Tuesday, having repeatedly urged fellow social media users to shoot FBI agents and attack politicians, authorities said. Michael Lee Tomasi, 37, of Rio Verde, Arizona, leveled a series of threats against FBI agents, […]
Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 37-year-old backpacker has died after suffering “sudden onset medical complications” while hiking at a national park in Michigan, authorities said. The currently unnamed 37-year-old female hiker from Battle Creek, Michigan, was with a hiking partner late Monday afternoon near Lake LeSage […]
Manassas Park Police Department via Meta (NEW YORK) — A 28-year-old mother has been missing for two weeks under what police in Virginia said are believed to be “involuntary” circumstances. Mamta Kafle was last seen on July 31 in Manassas Park, Virginia, about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C, the […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The murder trial against Robert Telles — the former Clark County public administrator accused of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022 — began with opening statements on Wednesday. Telles, 47, has been accused of stabbing the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter to death outside […]
