Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on stage at a speaking event in upstate New York in 2022 now faces federal terrorism charges, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. Hadi Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, was indicted by a grand jury […]
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — Several people were taken to the hospital after an escalator caught fire at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told ABC News. The small fire in Concourse C sent smoke […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEMiami Marlins 6, Baltimore Orioles 3N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 3Minnesota Twins 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4Arizona Diamondbacks 8, Kansas City Royals 6Colorado Rockies 20, Boston Red Sox 7 AMERICAN LEAGUECleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 1L.A. […]
HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Agricultural officials in Southern California are battling an active infestation of red imported fire ants that are “highly aggressive in nature,” and pose a risk to California’s agricultural economy. The infestation occurred at a private property in Montecito, in Santa […]
Obtained by ABC News (HOUSTON) — A suspect has been identified after an abandoned newborn was found crying by a dumpster in Houston, police said Wednesday. A person called 911 early Sunday afternoon reporting that they had heard a baby crying near a dumpster at an apartment complex, according to […]
Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — The former sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her Illinois home while responding to her call for help has held six different police jobs since 2020, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board confirmed to ABC News. Body camera footage […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A week before Thomas Mathew Crooks opened fire on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, he became “very focused” on Trump and the rally, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Crooks also searched for information on the assassination […]
(St. George, UT) — Helping solve issues appears to be something Utahns like to get paid for. Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show customer service representative is the most common job in the Beehive State and the 9th most common in the U.S. More than 56-thousand people in […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Winter Games are returning to Salt Lake City in 2034. The International Olympic Committee made the announcement this morning. Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall have been in Paris meeting with committee members to bring the games back to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Democratic Party has unanimously endorsed Kamala Harris to become the party’s presidential nominee. UDP Chair Diane Lewis says Harris’s experience as a criminal prosecutor makes her the perfect candidate to defeat Donald Trump, who’s a convicted felon. Lewis also says Harris has support […]
