The Indonesian island of Lombok was hit with a series of deadly earthquakes on Sunday. Two people died after their homes collapsed. The island is still reeling from three major earthquakes earlier this month that left hundreds dead and heavily damaged the tourist site. The Indonesian island of Lombok was hit with a series of deadly earthquakes on Sunday, just two weeks after earthquakes killed at least 430 people. Two consecutive quakes hit the popular tourist island, with one measuring a powerful magnitude 6.9, according to the US Geological Survey. A strong 6.3 magnitude quake hit the island Sunday morning, killing two people, disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho… Read More
Continue ReadingRaceline Radio Weekend Wrap-Up and Show Guest Schedule – Week of August 19th, 2018
Wickens was involved in a horrific-looking crash Sunday.(@champwebdotnet/Twitter) Raceline Radio Weekend Wrap-Up, and Show Guest Schedule. Compiled By Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network. Week Of: August 19, 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series: Last Race: Sunday August 19th: Pocono PA: Oakville’s Robert Wickens clipped the left rear corner of Ryan Hunter-Reay’s car in turn one of lap one and was launched skyward on top of the wall and into the catch fence in a spray of debris! Wickens was awake and alert when airlifted to hospital. NBC TV’s Paul Tracy reports on social media Wickens will need surgery to repair fractures of both ankles, right arm, and possibly a vertebrae in… Read More
Continue ReadingPhotos show the destruction from flooding in the Indian state of Kerala, killing at least 350 people
At least 350 people have been killed and more than 800,000 residents are displaced after torrential rains led to mass flooding in the Indian state of Kerala. Record monsoon rains have brought the coastal southern state to a standstill since late May, triggering landslides and flooding that engulfed whole villages. Thousands are feared still trapped by floodwaters following non-stop rainfall earlier this month. Kerala’s finance minister TM Thomas Isaac told Al Jazeera that roughly 850,000 people had been moved to shelters over the last several days. He added that the number of displaced people who fled to family and friends outside the state could be over 1.5 million. On Sunday,… Read More
Continue ReadingHurricane’s Dusty Fielding may have to reconsider his future after Utah Open golf victory Sunday
PROVO — Earlier in the week, Dusty Fielding said he was seriously considering giving up competitive golf after the Siegfried & Jensen Utah Open. So after the 35-year-old Richfield native went out and won the tournament, besting everyone else in the 156-player field and earning a check for $20,000, what does he think about talk of retirement now? Well, Sunday’s victory at Riverside Country Club didn’t necessarily change his mind, but it certainly gave him second thoughts. “I’ve been trying to win this for a long time. It was good to be the guy who played well the final round.” Dusty Fielding Fielding erased ghosts of near-misses in past Utah… Read More
Continue ReadingAmy Donaldson: As the fall sports season starts, let’s celebrate those who are great teammates
Sometimes the affection is palpable. Like when Taylorsville quarterback Dane Leituala makes sure they share the burden and reward of a fundraiser, or when Riverton cross-country runner Joey Nokes, breathless from winning the Highland Invitational, said the reason he pushes himself through the sport’s most challenging aspects is for the guys and girls who suffer with him. Sometimes, it shows up in a thank you or a compliment, like when Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley takes the time to thank tight end Jake Jackson for the perfect block. Most of the time, however, it manifests itself through good-natured teasing, like when the Granger football players try to make each other laugh… Read More
Continue ReadingRoughriders offence breaks out, hands Stampeders first loss of season
The Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Calgary Stampeders 40-27 on Sunday. The Stampeders (7-1) entered the game as the CFL’s lone remaining undefeated team, having last lost at the 2017 Grey Cup. The Roughriders (4-4) moved to within a win of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for third place in the West Division. …read more Source:: Sportsnet.ca
Continue ReadingAsia Argento settled with sexual assault accuser last year: report
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Continue ReadingMan arrested in changing room voyeurism case
SALT LAKE CITY — Police arrested a man Saturday after they say he held his phone under a dressing room door where a 12-year-old girl was changing in a Salt Lake store. Jorge Leon-Alfaro, 36, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of voyeurism against a child under the age of 14. “From all indications, it sounded like an attempt to film up into that dressing room from an adjacent one,” said Salt Lake police detective Greg Wilking. The girl’s mother and an employee at the Rue 21 store, 1140 Brickyard Road, told officers they saw the man hold his phone under the stall door about 7:30… Read More
Continue ReadingU. president decries ‘deeply offensive’ tweet from comedian David Cross
SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah President Ruth Walkins condemned Sunday the use of religious undergarments in a tweet promoting an upcoming comedy show on campus. She called the use of the imagery “deeply offensive,” but defended the comedian’s free speech rights. The Twitter firestorm began Saturday when comic David Cross, best known as Tobias Funke on the TV show “Arrested Development,” promoted his stand-up show in Utah with a Twitter photo of him standing in front of a woman appearing to wear nothing but garments worn by many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the caption: “Utah! Learn the real truth!” with the… Read More
Continue ReadingKim Kardashian rocks another neon look to 2 Chainz’s wedding: Pics!
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