A rescue ski team makes their way to the area of an avalanche in the Castle Peak area of Truckee, Calif., February 17, 2026. (Nevada County Sheriff’s Office) (NEVADA COUNTY, Calif.) — Eight backcountry skiers have been found dead, and one remains missing following an avalanche in California’s Sierra Nevada […]
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Georgia man who was arrested after running toward the U.S. Capitol with a loaded shotgun told officers he was “just there to talk to Members of Congress,” according to a […]
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks alongside U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin during an event to announce a rollback of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Less than […]
Stock image of police lights. (Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (PUEBLO, Colo.) — At least five people are dead following a pile-up crash involving dozens of vehicles in Colorado that occurred as high winds blew dirt, making for low to zero visibility, authorities said. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. local time Tuesday on […]
Oklahoma Forestry Services captured footage of the Ranger Road fire in Beaver County, Oklahoma. (Oklahoma Forestry Services) (BEAVER COUNTY, Okla.) — The Oklahoma governor declared a state of emergency on Wednesday due to multiple wildfires in the state’s panhandle region, as critical fire weather conditions persist in the region. A […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Republican Party Chairman Robert Axson says the party has collected more than 200-thousand signatures in an effort to repeal Proposition 4. The GOP needed about 141-thousand signatures, equal to eight-percent of eligible voters, in at least 26 of the state’s 29 Senate districts to […]
(Undated) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is criticizing a top Trump administration regulator over efforts to block state regulation of prediction markets. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig announced yesterday the agency would challenge any state attempt to regulate the markets, saying oversight belongs solely to federal authorities. Cox […]
Les Wexner speaks onstage at the 2016 Fragrance Foundation Awards presented by Hearst Magazines – Show on June 7, 2016 in New York City. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation) (WASHINGTON) — Members of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday are set to depose retail billionaire Leslie Wexner, whose wealth […]
ABC News (SAUKVILLE, Wis.) — Tom Uttech has lived on his 52-acre property in Saukville, Wisconsin, for nearly 40 years. From outside Uttech’s home art studio, the landscape is filled with rolling hills, topped with wildflowers that build to the highest point in the township, where rows of evergreens that […]
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and Palestinian activist, who was arrested by US immigration authorities in mid-April 2025, attends the inauguration ceremony at City Hall in New York, United States, on January 1, 2026. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — For the second time in a little […]
