Maui County Fire Department (HONOLULU) — The search on land for further victims of the deadly wildfires in Maui is essentially complete, officials told reporters Monday, according to Honolulu ABC affiliate KITV, as crews move to the water in search of possible remaining victims. Officials say they don’t expect the […]
Toronto Zoo (NEW YORK) — An extremely rare Amur tiger — one of only about 500 left on the planet — died after suffering what zoo officials called a “freak accident” when she received a dose of anesthesia and suffered a fatal spinal injury when she fell off a bench. […]
Bill Hutchinson/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — A 20-year-old University of South Carolina student was fatally shot Saturday when he accidentally tried to enter the wrong house on the street where he lived and was mistaken for a burglar, according to police. The student was identified as Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, according to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall Wednesday morning in Florida’s Big Bend area, north of Tampa. The storm is expected to strengthen further as it nears Florida, possibly becoming a major Category 3 hurricane by Tuesday night. Here’s how the news is developing. All […]
Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (CHINO, Calif.) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit to try to halt a school district’s enforcement of what his office calls a “forced outing policy” involving transgender students. The Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education, which serves about […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — One was a loving mother working as an Uber driver, another was a devoted father who wanted to give his 4-year-old daughter the world and the youngest victim killed in a racially motivated attack in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday was a 19-year-old employee of the […]
ABC News (TAMPA, Fla.) — Hurricane Idalia is bearing down on Florida, where it’s forecast to make landfall in the Big Bend region Wednesday morning. Landfall is expected between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday. Storm surge in Florida’s Big Bend area is expected to reach 15 feet. Tampa is expected […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is inviting the public to tour its Bangkok Thailand Temple. Church officials say the public can take free guided tours from September 1st through the 16th excluding Sundays. The Church has a long history in Thailand and […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah is in the middle of the road when it comes to confrontational drivers. That’s according to a new study by Forbes Advisor Report, which found the Beehive State was ranked 21st for how many of those confrontational drivers there are in Utah. The numbers show […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is calling on Utahns and all Americans to “Disagree Better.” That’s the name of an initiative Utah’s chief executive is leading to help the U.S. “bridge the partisan divide” and be more positive during political conversations with loved ones. Cox posted a […]
