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A once-hopeful search for a South Carolina man who went missing last week during a cruise excursion in Cozumel, Mexico, is dimming. Edmond Bradley Solomon III’s family, including his daughter and wife, have been using social media and physically scouring the island with several local law enforcement agencies, but promising leads have become dead ends and theories are running dry. …

When Dylan Rounds went missing just shy of two years ago, the 19-year-old farmer from Idaho had just planted the first crop on his own Utah land. Local investigators and the FBI found skeletal remains, presumed to be his, in a remote area of Lucin, Utah, a 200-mile drive from Salt Lake City, the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office announced. …

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The International Olympic Committee was effusive in its support Wednesday for a decades-long effort to bring back the Winter Games to Utah’s capital city in 2034. Unlike so many other past hosts that have decided bringing back the Games isn’t worth the time, money or hassle, Salt Lake City remains one of the few places …

A California family was allegedly threatened with a $70,000 ransom and the killing of a loved one after a family of three in Mexico kidnapped that loved one. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, stated in a press release that Mario Alex “Shyboy” Medina, 53, along with his son, Jose Salud “Gordo” Medina, 31, and his sister, Maria …

The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers. The rule is the first national drinking water limit on …

The daughter of a Long Island pediatrician who was fatally flung from an Airstream over the weekend said a “significant oversight” in the trailer’s design contributed to the tragic accident. Horrified motorists saw Dr. Monika Woroniecka, 58, cling for dear life to the door handle of the family’s trailer before she lost her grip and struck her head on the …

A Florida woman who allegedly pretended to be a 14-year-old girl on social media and had sexual encounters with multiple teenage boys she met online was ordered to be held in custody without bond. Alyssa Zinger, now 23, was first arrested in November, FOX 13 Tampa Bay reported. Back then, the Tampa woman was charged with two counts of felony …

A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner now faces criminal charges. A special grand jury in Newport News finds that Ebony Parker showed “reckless disregard” for the well-being of Richneck Elementary School students on Jan. 6, 2023, according to a criminal indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charging document alleges that …

Vermont’s Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced. The decision to close at the end of the semester was heart-wrenching but unavoidable as the school, created in 1938, faces financial insolvency, the board said in a statement Tuesday. Goddard currently has 220 …

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee banded together to advance a proposal Tuesday that would allow some teachers to carry handguns in public schools. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 26-5 to pass Senate Bill 1325, which allows a teacher or faculty member that meets certain requirements to possess and carry a handgun or firearm on school grounds. In order to carry a handgun, …