Houston Fire Department (HOUSTON) — Four people, including a child, were killed when a helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston, officials said. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday when a private aircraft struck a radio tower in Houston’s Second Ward, Houston police said. All four people […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — K-through-12 enrollment in Utah is seeing its biggest enrollment drop in a decade. There are over 48-hundred fewer kids going to public schools this fall than there were at the start of the school year in 2023. The number accounts for traditional and charter students. […]
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the May 2023 choking death of a homeless man in a New York City subway car, is set to begin Monday with jury selection. The trial is expected to last […]
Tendaji Bailey (SAPELO ISLAND, G.A.) — The “catastrophic failure” of an aluminum ferry gangway caused the deaths Saturday of seven people who were attending an annual cultural event on historic Sapelo Island off the coast of Georgia, officials said Sunday. Three other people were critically injured and remained hospitalized Sunday […]
Houston Fire Department (HOUSTON) — A helicopter that crashed into a radio tower in Houston, Texas, Sunday left four people killed, including a child, officials said. The crash happened at approximately 7:54 p.m. local time, when a private aircraft struck a radio tower in Houston’s Second Ward, Houston police said […]
Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rick Singer, the man convicted of orchestrating the so-called “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, has continued to advise prospective undergraduates on their college applications while serving his sentence in federal prison in Florida, and now from a California halfway house. Singer, […]
Mildred Mahazu (NEW YORK) — The contentious debate surrounding New York City’s struggle to address homelessness and mental illness has clouded the memory of who Jordan Neely was. But to some who cared for him, Neely is remembered for breaking out into dance and singing along with the hits on […]
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, KY) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the federal retrial of Brett Hankison, a former Louisville police officer accused of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, her boyfriend and their neighbors in 2020, when Taylor was shot and killed in a botched […]
Sarayut Thaneerat via Getty Images (ROSWELL, NM) — Roswell, New Mexico, experienced an overnight “Flash Flood Emergency” on Saturday, the National Weather Service reported — the highest tier of flash flood warning. Between 4 and 9 inches of rain fell in parts of the state, prompting the NWS to declare […]
KENNEWICK, Wash.-Donnie Smith completed 18 of 22 passes for 239 yards, 5 touchdowns and an interception as No. 4 Snow routed Pacific Northwest Christian 80-0 Saturday in non-conference college football play. Drew Patterson (14 car, 120 yards, 2 TD’s) and Reggie Frischknecht (4 rec, 84 yards, 2 TD’s) also posted […]
